[git-users] Convert file system with backup into git repo

2014-04-25 Thread George Georgiev
Hi, I am researching how I can convert file system with backup history into a git repository. I would like to do this in phases. The first phase is to create a shallow repo with only the head files. And then I would like to unshallow it step by step. The goal is to have a valid git repo to sta

Re: [git-users] Convert file system with backup into git repo

2014-04-25 Thread Dale R. Worley
> From: George Georgiev > > I am researching how I can convert file system with backup history into a > git repository. > > I would like to do this in phases. The first phase is to create a shallow > repo with only the head files. And then I would like to unshallow it step > by step. The goal

Re: [git-users] Convert file system with backup into git repo

2014-04-25 Thread George Georgiev
Thank you Dale, > The problem is that adding a commit to the *beginning* of the chain requires a bit of work, because you have to recreate all of the later commits so they reference the first commit. Are you certain about this. At first pass reading through the git shallow.c code I am having