Re: Using git-svn fetch after a directory change with rewrite-root

[Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>]

(Apologies for the late response, I don't pay attention to
 git svn much anymore.  Feel free to Cc: me when posting to
 the mailing list and remind me in a week if I forgot respond.)

H Krishnan <hetchkay@gmail.com> wrote:
> while (1) {
> 	# It is possible to tag two different subdirectories at
> 	# the same revision.  If the url for an existing ref
> 	# does not match, we must either find a ref with a
> 	# matching url or create a new ref by growing a tail.
> 	$gs = Git::SVN->init($u, $p, $repo_id, $ref_id, 1);
> 	my (undef, $max_commit) = $gs->rev_map_max(1);
> 	last if (!$max_commit);
> 	my ($url) = ::cmt_metadata($max_commit);
> 	last if ($url eq $gs->full_url);
> 	$ref_id .= '-';
> }
> print STDERR "Initializing parent: $ref_id\n" unless $::_q > 1;
> 
> I wonder if commit 3235b7053c45a734c1cdf9b117bda68b7ced29c9 handles
> rewrite-root correctly. Should the comparison be made with
> $gs->metadata_url instead of $gs->full_url?

I think you're right, can you submit a test case?  Current
tests all pass with  $gs->metadata_url  so I can probably
push it out in a bit regardless.

-- 
Eric Wong