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From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Subject: Re: [GSoC update extra!] git-remote-svn: Week 8
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:32:04 -0700
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> [1] Eric, we are discussing the remote-svn series[2] and especially
> Ram, Sverre, and David=E2=80=99s recent comments[3].  Apologies for n=
ot
> keeping you in the loop sooner; your insights have always been
> helpful in the past.

No worries Jonathan, I've been preoccupied with several other projects,
none of which require dealing with SVN :)

> As for the idea of reimplementing git-svn on top of svn-fe: yes, the
> fast-import stream would need more information to support
> --follow-parent, but that piece is not so hard to add AFAICT.  Of
> course, I am mentioning this not because it is important to keep the
> git-svn interface but because the --stdlayout feature is very useful
> and we may want to port it over some day.

Yes, I've always found --stdlayout very convenient and hope it
lives on.

--=20
Eric Wong