Re: [PATCH v3] teach fast-export an --anonymize option

On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Jeff King [off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 05:30:44PM +0700, Duy Nguyen wrote:

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On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Jeff King [off-list ref] wrote:

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You can get an overview of what will be shared
by running a command like:

  git fast-export --anonymize --all |
  perl -pe 's/\d+/X/g' |
  sort -u |
  less

which will show every unique line we generate, modulo any
numbers (each anonymized token is assigned a number, like
"User 0", and we replace it consistently in the output).

I feel like this should be part of git-fast-export.txt, just to
increase the user's confidence in the tool (and I don't expect most
users to read this commit message).

Hmph. Whenever I say "I think this patch is done", suddenly the comments
start pouring in. :)

Considering that the value of --anonymize is not yet known, is such an
invasive change to fast-export.c warranted? Would it make sense
instead to provide "anonymize" functionality as a contrib/ script or a
distinct git-anonymize-foo command which accepts a fast-import stream
as input and anonymizes it as output?