| From: | Michael Haggerty <mhagger(at)alum(dot)mit(dot)edu> |
|---|---|
| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Max Bowsher <maxb(at)f2s(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: git: uh-oh |
| Date: | 2010-09-07 06:50:02 |
| Message-ID: | 4C85E09A.20201@alum.mit.edu |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Haggerty <mhagger(at)alum(dot)mit(dot)edu> writes:
>> No, it is also possible to use "cvs tag -b REL8_4_STABLE filename". In
>> this case the file as it appears on the current branch is added to the
>> specified branch, but CVS records no commit, author, or timestamp.
>
> So, if we're prepared to assert that we've never done that, could we
> have an option to cvs2git that is willing to use the first commit on
> a branch to represent the act of adding the file to the branch?
I'm afraid this would be pretty far down on my long todo list.
Somebody could use "git filter-branch" to make this change after the
conversion, but I can't estimate how much work it would be.
Michael
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Heikki Linnakangas | 2010-09-07 07:01:51 | Re: Interruptible sleeps (was Re: CommitFest 2009-07: Yay, Kevin! Thanks, reviewers!) |
| Previous Message | Heikki Linnakangas | 2010-09-07 06:27:52 | Re: Synchronous replication - patch status inquiry |