thanks Jakub, but I don't mind copying the versions in by hand and running the git commits on them sequentially. I only have 5 max historical versions to archive.. "Jakub Narebski" <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:m3k59hb6xr.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "Zorba" <cr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> ok, now I'm in this for real, archiving versions of our website project >> (5k >> files approx) >> >> so here is the workflow: >> >> - copy version 1 files into GIT dir >> >> - open git bash >> >> $ git init >> >> $ git add . >> >> $ git commit -m "version1" >> >> all vanilla ? cool >> next job = store version 2 [...] > > Check out contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl > > -- > Jakub Narebski > Poland > ShadeHawk on #git -- 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