yes, subversion does support it, but my particular repository didn't have any. This may be because of how my svn client was configured. I did see the stuff on user name mapping and was prepared to do a re0import, but looking at my svn repo, there was no author(committer) listed, so there was nothing to map.
On Mar 21, 8:50 am, Konstantin Khomoutov <khomou...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 19, 10:00 pm, Cliff <clifford.me...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I recently imported some svn repositories into git and noticed that I > > have no author or committer set. At first I thought this might be > > because of how I imported it it, but going back to look at the svn > > tree (it was just for personal use) I see that there were no authors > > set there either. > > > Is there an easy way to just set all the commit history in my new, > > cloned, git repository to a single author (me) ? > > Subversion commits do have an author assotiated with them as far as I > know. > The problem is that Git uses another approach (better) for this and > when importing a Subversion repository you have to arrange for proper > mapping. > So, if you don't mind re-importing these repositories read the git-svn- > fetch manual about the --authors-file or --authors-prog options; also > see [1] which contains a detailed explanation (if you want to > *convert* an svn repo to Git as opposed to just synchronize them, you > will also probably want to convert certain remote branches git-svn- > fetch creates to git tags and normal local branches; than guide > explains this). > > 1.http://wiki.debian.org/Alioth/Git#ConvertaSVNAliothrepositorytoGit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
