Re: Re: Re: fsck --full is Ok, but clones are not, "missing commits"?!

[Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:14:24PM +0400, Dmitry Potapov wrote:
> info/grafts should never be used during normal work.

I don't really agree with this advice in general. Grafts can be very
useful especially when migrating to Git - a very good strategy might be
just to start from scratch with your current state, then import your
previous history and graft it. The big advantage is that if you find out
later that the import is screwed up, you can fix that and reimport. The
fact that you don't need to haul 10 years of CVS history around unless
you actually know you need it can be perceived as both advantage and
disadvantage.

The _BAD_ grafts are those that replace list of commit's parents instead
of just appending (typically to an empty one). I didn't actually have
any idea people use grafts in such a twisted and perverse way... ;-)

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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