RE: git-svn set-tree

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Wong [mailto:normalperson@yhbt.net] 
Sent: den 9 juli 2007 07:46
To: Tjernlund
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git-svn set-tree

Tjernlund [off-list ref] wrote:

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I have noticed that if I do a git-svn set-tree, remotes/git-svn
retains the parent from the branch where set-tree was performed.

If a coworker wants recreate my tree by using git-svn init 

&& git-svn

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fetch he looses the parent I have in my tree.

I wonder if not git-svn set-tree can record the parent 

information in

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the svn repos log, so that git-svn init/fetch can recreate 

the parent

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relationship?

We could at yet another non-standardized property into SVN to handle
merges.  Currently there are at least two properties used in 
the SVN/SVK
world to represent merges (Sam Vilain can give you the fun details of
each one!).

I have read his page, quite informative.

I'm afraid adding a third incompatible yet similair property 
for git-svn
would just confuse people. 

I've become very much against crazy stuff like set-tree which ends up
creating a M:N history mapping between git and svn.  1:1 is 
the simplest
and easiest.  I'm more than willing to sacrifice multi-parent 
histories
in git for easier compatibility with other systems.

set-tree is needed for starting a SVN tree from a git tree, I don't
know of any other way to do that. I got both linux and u-boot
git trees in which I do custom mods. I then use git-svn 
to maintain a svn tree which I start with set-tree to commit
the initial tree, then I dcommit my local mods. 

Maybe maybe an option to git-svn init/clone where you can specify the git
parent for a certain svn revision? 

Heck, linear history is just easier to deal with and probably 
preferable
in most/many cases.  I'm sure that the rising popularity of 
git-rebase,
quilt, stgit, guilt, mq and other like tools is a testament to that.

git rebase is a bit annoying as you loose the old tree if you don't take precations.
Also, I am not sure what will be committed to SVN if I rebase my local mods on top
of linus latest.

 Jocke
 

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Eric Wong