Hi, A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Zorba wrote: > > "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 > > thanks Jakub, but I don't mind copying the versions in by hand and > running the git commits on them sequentially. It's not only about how much work you are doing. It's also about preserving as much metadata as possible. Ciao, Dscho -- 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