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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git fast-import : How to change parent during import?
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:13:46 +0200
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Heya,

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 01:39, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Vitor Antunes wrote:
>> Is there a way to manually force fast-import to drop an old commit that the
>> frontend script decided it was no longer necessary?
>
> Sure --- patch fast-import (I'd be happy to review such a patch). :)

That's actually a feature that we need for remote-helpers as well (to
be able to drop refs). Would be nice to have a 'drop ref' command in
fast export :).

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier