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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [WIP PATCH] Add 'git fast-export', the sister of 'git fast-import'
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:48:14 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Karl Hasselstr?m wrote:

> On 2007-11-23 15:59:58 -0500, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> 
> > I have been considering creating a "git-gui daemon" process that links 
> > to libgit.a and can be driven bidirectionally through its 
> > stdin/stdout. Based on git-fast-export, sorta. But I haven't even 
> > started it...
> >
> > But the idea is sort of what Han-Wen wants. Why should I fork 
> > rev-parse to get a ref value? Or update-ref to change one?
> 
> Obviously, something like this would be very valuable for StGit as well.

Could you be a little more specific _what_ you want to do, and _how_ this 
could be done with fast-export | fast-import?

Ciao,
Dscho