Re: move files between disparate repos and maintain version history

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 [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:58:42AM -0500, David Copeland wrote:

quoted

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.

quoted

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