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From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
> 
> > ... the
> > things under contrib/ are not part of git.git but are there only
> > for convenience....
> 
> This reminds me of something quite different.  I am getting an
> impression that enough people have been helped by git-svn and it
> might be a good idea to have it outside contrib/ area.

That would be great.  IMHO, it puts git in a position to supplant
centralized SVN usage one developer at a time, making it easier
to make a gradual transition to git.  Of course, there's also svk
in a similar position...

-- 
Eric Wong