Re: git for subversion users

[Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>]

Sam Vilain wrote:
> It would be nice if git-svn could also fake setting
> remote merge properties, too.
> 
> Some beginnings at:
> 
>   http://git.catalyst.net.nz/gw?p=git.git;a=shortlog;h=svk-merge
>   (pull from git://git.catalyst.net.nz/git.git#svk-merge)
> 
> What it needs to do;
> 
>   0. preserve the notion that commits tagged with "git-svn-id:" should
>      not vary depending on who synced them.
> 
>   1. on commit, if we're committing a merge, make sure that the other
>      parent has the same revision somewhere in the repo, and then set
>      the "svk:merge" and "svnmerge-integrated" tags to accurately record
>      which parent SVN revisions are used
> 
>   2. when fetching revisions, spot these tickets and set parents
>      appropriately.

Proof of concept for #2 at:

http://git.catalyst.net.nz/gw?p=git.git;a=commitdiff;h=816e2ef

Sam.