Re: [RFC PATCH] Support gitlinks in fast-import/export.

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Hi,

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

> Alexander Gavrilov <angavrilov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 	I noticed that fast-export & fast-import cannot work with 
> > 	repositories using submodules: import complains about an invalid 
> > 	mode, and export fails while trying to open the SHA as a blob.
> > 
> > 	As I didn't see any particular reason for it to be so, I tried to 
> > 	implement support for gitlinks.
> > 
> > 	What I'm unsure of is, should fast-export try to reuse commit 
> > 	marks for gitlinks where it happened to recognize the object, or 
> > 	always output the SHA as it is stored in the tree?
> 
> Its unlikely that the commit objects are in the repository the export is 
> running in, so its unlikely you can use a mark.  Its fine to just always 
> output the SHA-1 I think.

Oh, I just realized that fast-import expects changes, instead of full 
snapshots.

So strike all my suggestions regarding gitlink marks.

Sorry,
Dscho

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