From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Shawn Pearce Subject: Re: git-show --stat on first commit Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:42:38 -0500 Message-ID: <20061121184238.GC22283@spearce.org> References: <200611211341.48862.andyparkins@gmail.com> <8aa486160611210609h1c2d229ekf0b5e8aeb4f21f11@mail.gmail.com> <20061121183853.GA61605@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:46:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Peter Baumann , git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061121183853.GA61605@dspnet.fr.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmad4-00041z-OY for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:45:59 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031300AbWKUSpz (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:45:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1031301AbWKUSpz (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:45:55 -0500 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:30426 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031300AbWKUSpy (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:45:54 -0500 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1GmaZl-0004ON-9v; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:42:33 -0500 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D931F20FB09; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:42:38 -0500 (EST) To: Olivier Galibert Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Olivier Galibert wrote: > On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 06:11:19PM +0100, Peter Baumann wrote: > > And I think handling this behaviour as a config option is the right thing, > > because most of the time if someone imports a project into git he > > will import the whole history, especially if he is using one of the > > cvs/svn importers. A "halfway import" as seen in the kernel repo is a > > special case and it is unlikely seen again. > > Not all projects run on a public VCS. Hell, not all projects run on a > VCS at all. And in the CVS case, you don't always have enough access > to actually download the repository, which afaik is needed for > importing. There is a tool floating around the 'net that will download a CVS repository and recreate the ,v files locally for you. cvssuck appears to be its name: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cvssuck/ --