The patch file looks correct. I'm wondering if this is a result of both repos being connected to svn? my process was: - format patch - go to other repo - git svn rebase - apply patch - git svn dcommit Could dcommit change the dates since, to svn, they are appear as commits right now? Dave On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:58:42AM -0500, David Copeland wrote: > >> The first option worked, insomuch the history of diffs is preserved, >> but the dates are all today. > > That's odd. It works fine here. Can you confirm that the correct dates > in the "patches" file (i.e., the output of format-patch)? What are you > using to look at the patches? Note that gitk will show you both the > "committer" and the "author" fields. The "author" field should have the > original author and time of the patch, but the "committer" will be you, > today. > >> The second option was a little over my head; is the idea there that >> you are setting up a branch that has ONLY the files I care about (with >> all their history), and then I pull from the other repo as if they are >> related? That seems like it might preserve the dates... > > Yes, that is exactly what is happening in the second example. > > -Peff > -- 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
