From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Cc: "anatoly techtonik" <techtonik@gmail.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Elijah Newren" <newren@gmail.com>,
"Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Round-tripping fast-export/import changes commit hashes
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:55:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqlfb3g2jp.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <08f31194-dce6-9434-c362-94d9a2d97563@kdbg.org> (Johannes Sixt's message of "Wed, 3 Mar 2021 08:13:13 +0100")
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> Am 02.03.21 um 22:52 schrieb anatoly techtonik:
>> For my use case, where I just need to attach another branch in
>> time without altering original commits in any way, `reposurgeon`
>> can not be used.
>
> What do you mean by "attach another branch in time"? Because if you
> really do not want to alter original commits in any way, perhaps you
> only want `git fetch /the/other/repository master:the-other-one-s-master`?
Yeah, I had the same impression. If a bit-for-bit identical copy of
the original history is needed, then fetching from the original
repository (either directly or via a bundle) would be a much simpler
and performant way.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-04 1:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-27 12:31 Round-tripping fast-export/import changes commit hashes anatoly techtonik
2021-02-27 17:48 ` Elijah Newren
2021-02-28 10:00 ` anatoly techtonik
2021-02-28 10:34 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-01 7:44 ` anatoly techtonik
2021-03-01 17:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-02 21:52 ` anatoly techtonik
2021-03-03 7:13 ` Johannes Sixt
2021-03-04 0:55 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-08-09 15:45 ` anatoly techtonik
2021-08-09 18:15 ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-10 15:51 ` anatoly techtonik
2021-08-10 17:57 ` Elijah Newren
2022-12-11 18:30 ` anatoly techtonik
2023-01-13 7:21 ` Elijah Newren
2021-03-01 18:06 ` Elijah Newren
2021-03-01 20:04 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-01 20:17 ` Elijah Newren
2021-03-02 22:12 ` anatoly techtonik
2021-03-01 20:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-02 22:23 ` anatoly techtonik
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