# git-svn feature requests

2 messages from 2008-05-11 to 2008-05-13. Participants: Dennis Schridde.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13475

## Dennis Schridde, 2008-05-11 16:04

Subject: git-svn feature requests
Message-ID: <200805111804.57784.devurandom@gmx.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200805111804.57784.devurandom%40gmx.net

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Hello!

I am missing two features in git-svn, which are:
(a) git-svn-dcommit should give credits to other authors when I commit their 
patches.
I imported a patch from another author via git-am, and then svn-dcommited it, 
but git-svn striped the author information. It should do something like:
if (author != me) write(commitmessage, "Author: %author%");

(b) git-svn-rebase should have the location configurable where it tries to 
svn-up/svn-commit from/to, instead of searching the commits in the history 
for git-svn-id tags.
I tried to maintain a git-svn clone of a repository, fetching from a svn:// 
address, but when I use it locally I need to commit via svn+ssh:// 
(while "updating" from the git-svn mirror).
This did not seem to work. Even after rewriting the svn addresses in the 
commitlogs git-svn was unable to find the svn repository in the history.

I tried to create a patch for this myself, but I clashed a bit with my 
knowledge of Perl (or the complete lack thereof), so I hope it might be 
easier for you to do it.

Thanks in advance,
Dennis

PS: Please CC me on replies, because I am not subscribed to this list.

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## Dennis Schridde, 2008-05-13 23:41

Subject: Re: git-svn feature requests
Message-ID: <200805140141.53414.devurandom@gmx.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200805140141.53414.devurandom%40gmx.net
In-Reply-To: <200805111804.57784.devurandom@gmx.net>

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Am Sonntag, 11. Mai 2008 18:04:54 schrieb Dennis Schridde:
> Hello!
>
> I am missing two features in git-svn, which are:
> (a) git-svn-dcommit should give credits to other authors when I commit
> their patches.
> I imported a patch from another author via git-am, and then svn-dcommited
> it, but git-svn striped the author information. It should do something
> like: if (author != me) write(commitmessage, "Author: %author%");
Addition to this:
Information like the date of the original commit may also be useful.

> (b) git-svn-rebase should have the location configurable where it tries to
> svn-up/svn-commit from/to, instead of searching the commits in the history
> for git-svn-id tags.
> I tried to maintain a git-svn clone of a repository, fetching from a svn://
> address, but when I use it locally I need to commit via svn+ssh://
> (while "updating" from the git-svn mirror).
> This did not seem to work. Even after rewriting the svn addresses in the
> commitlogs git-svn was unable to find the svn repository in the history.
>
> I tried to create a patch for this myself, but I clashed a bit with my
> knowledge of Perl (or the complete lack thereof), so I hope it might be
> easier for you to do it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dennis
>
> PS: Please CC me on replies, because I am not subscribed to this list.

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