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Re: Details for svn test repository
On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 18:37 -0500, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:
>
> > All we should be trying to do at this stage is get to a new VCS that
> > is no worse than CVS on the axes we care about. I can't see any
> > fundamental reason that we couldn't go back and add history later, if
> > that's compelling and someone wants to do it. The same goes for file
> > rename information: we're getting by without that now, and we can add
> > it in later if need be.
>
> You could be right, but I don't see how. Once you've set the revision
> numbers, can you really go back and insert earlier revision numbers?
Only by dumping and reloading.
> Once you've created revisions in which files are not renamed, can you
> really insert the file renames?
Only by dumping and reloading.
> I don't think that would be would
> minor hacking; I think it would be major surgery on the revision
> control data.
>
> Getting the old history in now, on the other hand, is minor hacking.
> I'm perfectly willing to do some work to get it to happen.
Go for it :)
I'm happy to make test repos out of it.
(or you can grab cvs2svn and do it)
>
> If I am wrong, and it can easily be done later, I would be happy to
> hear it.
>
> Ian