Re: move files between disparate repos and maintain version history

[David Copeland <davetron5000@gmail.com>]

The patch file looks correct.  I'm wondering if this is a result of
both repos being connected to svn?

my process was:

- format patch
- go to other repo
- git svn rebase
- apply patch
- git svn dcommit

Could dcommit change the dates since, to svn, they are appear as
commits right now?

Dave

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:58:42AM -0500, David Copeland wrote:
>
>> The first option worked, insomuch the history of diffs is preserved,
>> but the dates are all today.
>
> That's odd. It works fine here. Can you confirm that the correct dates
> in the "patches" file (i.e., the output of format-patch)? What are you
> using to look at the patches? Note that gitk will show you both the
> "committer" and the "author" fields. The "author" field should have the
> original author and time of the patch, but the "committer" will be you,
> today.
>
>> The second option was a little over my head; is the idea there that
>> you are setting up a branch that has ONLY the files I care about (with
>> all their history), and then I pull from the other repo as if they are
>> related?  That seems like it might preserve the dates...
>
> Yes, that is exactly what is happening in the second example.
>
> -Peff
>