Peter Münster <pmlists@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11 2016, Eric Wong wrote: > > > The git log after dcommit is tied to the SVN log, > > so git-svn can only reflect changes which appear in SVN. > > You mean, it's impossible, to keep the original timestamps?? It might be; just not easy; and I haven't looked at the code in ages. But there seems to be similar options for preserving authorship in git-only (see below) > > Unfortunately, you would have to care about svn log as long as > > SVN exists in your workflow and you need to interact with SVN > > users. > > In my case, all development happens on Git, SVN is only some sort of > copy. And when the original timestamps are lost, I've sometimes some > real problems in finding a specific commit that matches another event. I'm sorry for your situation and hoping you migrate off SVN entirely, soon :) > > git svn tries hard to work transparently and as close to the > > behavior of the upstream SVN repo as possible. > > That's why I suggest an option, for use cases as mine. Those, who prefer > to keep the current behaviour just won't use it. > > If someone could guide me through the code, I could modify it perhaps. Maybe you could look at how the _use_log_author and _add_author_from options work. I've forgotten their existence until now and I've never used them myself; but apparently they're still there. Unfortunately, if you have other users using git-svn; it could be tricky to ensure they can see the same timestamps you see... -- 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