Re: git: uh-oh

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Michael Haggerty <mhagger(at)alum(dot)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Max Bowsher <maxb(at)f2s(dot)com>
Subject: Re: git: uh-oh
Date: 2010-08-19 09:35:04
Message-ID: AANLkTims9nnkxZKWjVPctO1PNfHvs8+vDhgdTqsdpYct@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 07:00, Michael Haggerty <mhagger(at)alum(dot)mit(dot)edu> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> Is there some way to make cvs2git work this way, and just not bother
>> even trying to create merge commits, or is that fundamentally
>> impossible and we need to look at another tool?
>
> The good news: (I just reminded myself/realized that) Max Bowsher has
> already implemented pretty much exactly what you want in the cvs2svn
> trunk version, including noting in the commit messages any cherry-picks
> that are not reflected in the repo ancestry.

Ah, that's great.

> The bad news: It is broken [1].  But I don't think it should be too much
> work to fix it.

That's less great of course, but it gives hope!

Thanks for your continued efforts!

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 Magnus Hagander
 Me: http://www.hagander.net/
 Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/

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