Re: Converting to Git using svn-fe (Was: Speeding up the initial git-svn fetch)

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Heya,

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 09:50, Stephen Bash <bash@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The process can certainly be streamlined. ÂAs is often the case, this
> process was created via the "just make it work" mentality (and a barely
> passable knowledge of git).

Fair enough :)

> But I'm also looking at this from a one-time conversion view. ÂI had a
> couple of conversations with Ram that showed me my point of view is
> very narrow compared to the larger git-remote-svn effort...

Yeah, we not only want 'git-remote-svn' to be able to do incremental
imports, but we also want it to be able to push back to svn.

> I think using notes is a better way to associate conversion information
> with commits, but I would probably still end up mining the notes to create
> some sort of svn to git mapping... ÂCorrect me if I'm wrong, but I don't see
> how notes would help me get from an svn rev to a git sha (a common
> practice for tickets and wiki links in our organization).

Ah, hmm, that is a good point. Couldn't you just tag object
0000000000000000143 for svn revision 143?

> I guess after that I should add that I'm happy to help, I'm just not sure
> where my experience maps to the on going effort.

Just general feedback, sanity checking, and if you're interested,
"beta testing" I think would be very useful :).

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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