Instead of having each imported tar ball's commit message be "Imported from filename.tar", optionally take a commit message from a file called "filename.tar.msg". Instead of having each commit have the same author and committer information, optionally read the committer information from a file called "filename.tar.committer" and author from a file called "filename.tar.author". Signed-off-by: Peter Krefting <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- I used this (albeit based on a slightly earlier verison of the script) to generate a better-looking history when importing http://git.debian.org/?p=crashmail/jamnntpd.git and http://git.debian.org/?p=crashmail/crashmail.git into Git, using excerpts from the embedded change history as commit messages. contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl index 78e40d2..7aad16f 100755 --- a/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl +++ b/contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl @@ -109,12 +109,48 @@ foreach my $tar_file (@ARGV) $have_top_dir = 0 if $top_dir ne $1; } + # Optionally read a commit message from <filename.tar>.msg + my $commit_msg = "Imported from $tar_file."; + if (open MSG, '<', "${tar_file}.msg") + { + $commit_msg = ''; + while (<MSG>) + { + $commit_msg .= $_; + } + close MSG; + } + + # Optionally read a committer from <filename.tar>.committer + # (first line is name, second line is e-mail address). + my $this_committer_name = $committer_name; + my $this_committer_email = $committer_email; + if (open COMMITTER, '<', "${tar_file}.committer") + { + ($this_committer_name, $this_committer_email) = <COMMITTER>; + chomp $this_committer_name; + chomp $this_committer_email; + close COMMITTER; + } + + # Optionally read an author from <filename.tar>.author + # (first line is name, second line is e-mail address). + my $this_author_name = $author_name; + my $this_author_email = $author_email; + if (open AUTHOR, '<', "${tar_file}.author") + { + ($this_author_name, $this_author_email) = <AUTHOR>; + chomp $this_author_name; + chomp $this_author_email; + close AUTHOR; + } + print FI <<EOF; commit $branch_ref -author $author_name <$author_email> $author_time +0000 -committer $committer_name <$committer_email> $commit_time +0000 +author $this_author_name <$this_author_email> $author_time +0000 +committer $this_committer_name <$this_committer_email> $commit_time +0000 data <<END_OF_COMMIT_MESSAGE -Imported from $tar_file. +$commit_msg END_OF_COMMIT_MESSAGE deleteall -- 1.6.3.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html