Re: git-cvsimport bug with dates

fredag 16 november 2007 skrev Elijah Newren:

On Nov 15, 2007 11:06 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

When you use "branch@{date}" notation, you are not asking a
question on the project history, but a question on the local
view from _your_ repository on that project.

Interesting; that makes sense from a merge or pull viewpoint, but
wouldn't it make more sense to have cvsimport ensure the commits are
treated as though they actually existed in master as of the date
specified in CVS?

Reflog do not work that way. They don't say when a commit entered a repo,
only when a ref changed. For a CVS import things could work as you suggest
but I think the confusion among newcomers would be massive if people start
using reflogs  'as if' it said anyting about when a commit entered. It can be used
as a hint.

Reflogs get pruned by git-gc and are not cloned (cannot be since they store
local-only information.

Use the --since and --until switches instead.

-- robin