From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Cc: Keshav Kini <keshav.kini@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map files
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:47:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130925194750.GA5796@dcvr.yhbt.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130925194402.GA9464@google.com>
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Keshav Kini wrote:
> > + tracking. If necessary, rebuild the .git/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.*
> > + files, given the requisite information exists in commit
> > + messages (see the svn.noMetadata config option for more
> > + information). The name of the [svn-remote "..."] section in
> > + the .git/config file may be specified as an optional
> > + command-line argument.
>
> Taking a step back, the reader might wonder *why* he would want
> to run "git svn fetch" to rebuilt these .rev_map.* files, and what
> they are for.
>
> Perhaps there should be a separate REVISION MAP section describing
> this in more detail. Something as simple as
I agree with Jonathan's suggestions.
Keshav: can you please resend with Jonathan's suggestions?
Thanks both.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-25 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-23 21:19 [PATCH] git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map files Keshav Kini
2013-09-25 19:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-09-25 19:47 ` Eric Wong [this message]
2013-09-25 23:37 ` Keshav Kini
2013-09-26 0:06 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-09-26 2:21 ` Keshav Kini
2013-09-26 2:41 ` Keshav Kini
2013-09-29 23:45 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] git-svn.txt: miscellaneous changes Keshav Kini
2013-09-29 23:45 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] git-svn.txt: fix AsciiDoc formatting error Keshav Kini
2013-09-29 23:45 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] git-svn.txt: reword description of gc command Keshav Kini
2013-09-29 23:45 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] git-svn.txt: replace .git with $GIT_DIR Keshav Kini
2013-09-29 23:46 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] git-svn.txt: elaborate on rev_map files Keshav Kini
2013-09-30 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] git-svn.txt: miscellaneous changes Jonathan Nieder
2013-10-10 6:59 ` Eric Wong
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