Re: [git-users] Yet more git madness

2016-11-02 Thread AD S
Ah thank you very much! Legend! On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 7:46:19 PM UTC+10, Magnus Therning wrote: > > > AD S > writes: > > >> > >> > >> > >> I hate to step in here because usually messages like this are just > >> exercises in publicly venting frustration, rather than actual requests

[git-users] What is git doing with "git submodule update" that I get coo-coo error: "outside repository"

2016-11-02 Thread Xtian Simon
I'm getting this rather coo-coo error when using the Vim package manager [Vundle][1]'s :PluginUpdate command. If you're not familiar with Vundle, it lets you update your Vim plugin git packages. I've narrowed the problem down to the `submodule update` operation. Sure enough, if I use the same

[git-users] Large SVN to GIT migration

2016-11-02 Thread Kevin Norton
i'm in the process of coming up with a strategy to convert a very large project from SVN to GIT. i'm experimented with git svn clone but have some questions. how large is to large. current SVN repo 80K+ revisions. suffers from poor SCM practices current structure in SVN is using cascading hier

[git-users] Re: Selective push (possible ? best approach ?)

2016-11-02 Thread randomdev4
Thanks for all the replies so far. Very much appreciated. I sort of had an inclination this wouldn't be possible in Git although I hadn't fully appreciated why (thanks Konstantin Khomoutov for the laymans-guide to the theory ! ). I was also unware of the existence of smudge/clean filters (than

Re: [git-users] Selective push (possible ? best approach ?)

2016-11-02 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 01:06:07 -0700 (PDT) randomd...@gmail.com wrote: > Let's say I have a local git server and a remote service such as > Bitbucket/Github/Gitlab etc. > > Let's say I've got a few files in the repository holding sensitive > information (e.g. "config" files containing passwords et

Re: [git-users] Selective push (possible ? best approach ?)

2016-11-02 Thread Magnus Therning
randomd...@gmail.com writes: > Hi, > > Let's say I have a local git server and a remote service such as > Bitbucket/Github/Gitlab etc. > > Let's say I've got a few files in the repository holding sensitive > information (e.g. "config" files containing passwords etc.) > > Is there a way to do a se

Re: [git-users] Yet more git madness

2016-11-02 Thread Magnus Therning
AD S writes: >> >> >> >> I hate to step in here because usually messages like this are just >> exercises in publicly venting frustration, rather than actual requests >> for assistance. >> >> However I don't quite understand what you mean, above. Every single >> branch in Git represents a histor

Re: [git-users] Selective push (possible ? best approach ?)

2016-11-02 Thread Philip Oakley
Hi, Let's say I have a local git server and a remote service such as Bitbucket/Github/Gitlab etc. Let's say I've got a few files in the repository holding sensitive information (e.g. "config" files containing passwords etc.) Is there a way to do a selective push to the remote service

[git-users] Selective push (possible ? best approach ?)

2016-11-02 Thread randomdev4
Hi, Let's say I have a local git server and a remote service such as Bitbucket/Github/Gitlab etc. Let's say I've got a few files in the repository holding sensitive information (e.g. "config" files containing passwords etc.) Is there a way to do a selective push to the remote service ? (i.e. a