[git-users] unexpected behavior with git blame --reverse

2017-11-29 Thread nick via Git for human beings
I have a case where git blame --reverse is not returning the commit that I expect for a line. Here is a repo where the behavior can be reproduced (instructions in the README). https://github.com/nicksnyder/git-blame-bug Is this a bug or am I misunderstanding what git blame --reverse does? --

[git-users] How hard would it be to implement sparse fetching/pulling?

2017-11-29 Thread vit via Git for human beings
Hi guys, I'm looking for ways to improve fetch/pull/clone time for large git (mono)repositories with unrelated source trees (that span across multiple services). I've found sparse checkout approach appealing and helpful for most of client-side operations (e.g. status, reset, commit, add etc)

Re: [git-users] Migration from SVN with externals to Git

2017-11-29 Thread Nisar T
Hello, Were you able to find the solution for this?. I think as you mentioned, the replacement for svn externals in is submodules.To migrate history, we will have introduce a script which traverse through all the svn(git svn) history, and insert new commits in git corresponding to any