Re: [RFC] svnimport/cvsimport: force creation of tags that already exist.

Michael Smith [off-list ref] writes:

I understand moving tags is frowned upon in Git. I don't know how common 
the practise is in Subversion and CVS, or whether it makes sense to 
make the import scripts force tag creation by default.

I think the patch itself makes sense.  If for some reason the
importer detects that the CVS or SVN history moved a tag, we
either:

    (1) have a way to keep track of the versions of the tag; or
    (2) allow it and make it "last one wins" semantics; or
    (3) ignore it and make it "first one wins" semantics.  

Erroring out complaining that the tag cannot be created, as the
current code does, does not make any sense.

The patch needs to be accompanied with a better commit log
description.  I am guessing that with your change the semantics
would become (2) above (assuming that cvsps or whoever reads the
history of the other side gives events in chronological order),
but you should not force readers of your commit log message to
guess.

If the tag was moved in CVS or SVN history, it will be moved in the
imported history as well. Tag history is not tracked.
---
 git-cvsimport.perl |    2 +-
 git-svnimport.perl |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index ba23eb8..2954fb8 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl

@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ sub commit {
 		$xtag =~ tr/_/\./ if ( $opt_u );
 		$xtag =~ s/[\/]/$opt_s/g;
 
-		system('git-tag', $xtag, $cid) == 0
+		system('git-tag', '-f', $xtag, $cid) == 0
 			or die "Cannot create tag $xtag: $!\n";
 
 		print "Created tag '$xtag' on '$branch'\n" if $opt_v;

diff --git a/git-svnimport.perl b/git-svnimport.perl
index 8c17fb5..d3ad5b9 100755
--- a/git-svnimport.perl
+++ b/git-svnimport.perl

@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ sub commit {
 
 		$dest =~ tr/_/\./ if $opt_u;
 
-		system('git-tag', $dest, $cid) == 0
+		system('git-tag', '-f', $dest, $cid) == 0
 			or die "Cannot create tag $dest: $!\n";
 
 		print "Created tag '$dest' on '$branch'\n" if $opt_v;

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