[git-users] git-svn and --use-log-author --add-author-from = Unknown option.

2009-12-01 Thread Brett Viren
Hi, I'm trying to sync one SVN repository to a sub directory of a second one using git-svn. I'll show how I'm mostly successfully doing that below. The problem I'm having is that I want the original commit author names to be preserved in the sync'ed repository. git-svn's man page talks about

[git-users] Re: git-svn and --use-log-author --add-author-from = Unknown option.

2009-12-01 Thread Brett Viren
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Brett Viren brett.vi...@gmail.com wrote:  Unknown option: use-log-author Digging into git-svn more I see the problem. This option is only defined for git-svn fetch or git-svn clone and not git-svn init. So it is a mismatch-bug between documentation and code

Re: [git-users] get rid of old commits

2010-09-29 Thread Brett Viren
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:57 AM, canna c.ne...@gmail.com wrote: the problem is, it's taking a lot of time for simple everyday operations Have you run git gc ever? -Brett. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To post to

[git-users] git-svn and tracking the branches of a partially forked project

2010-10-19 Thread Brett Viren
Hi, Maybe this has nothing to do with the SVN part but I'd like some advice on how to stay in sync with multiple branches of an SVN project while maintaining my own local modifications in git. I'd like to apply my modifications starting at some early branch and then move them to each subsequent

Re: [git-users] Command not found

2010-11-04 Thread Brett Viren
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Gareth gareth.b.fos...@gmail.com wrote: I've installed git using 'apt-get install git' - and ran fine. However - it doesnt seem to work. If I do a whereis git it returns nothing. Wow, in all my years of using Unix and Linux I've never heard of whereis! Try

Re: [git-users] Paper on Git to Write, suggestions sought!

2010-12-06 Thread Brett Viren
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Neil Grogan n...@grogan.ie wrote: I have a paper to write in College on a SCM system and I choose Git. Just looking for one liners or links as to what you'd include or talk about? Specifically in the research or improvements in Git coming up, as I can't find

Re: [git-users] Any writers out there?

2011-02-07 Thread Brett Viren
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Mark (my words) elib...@gmail.com wrote: I'm new to git. I'm trying to develop a workflow for my creative writing. FWIW, I use git for just about every document I produce (report, paper, presentation). Most of the text is in LaTeX, notes using emacs's dot.org

Re: [git-users] What's the best number of files within a single Git repository ?

2011-07-07 Thread Brett Viren
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:29 AM, CP cpcheng...@gmail.com wrote: We are evaluating migration our project to Git. It is said that we shouldn't put too many files in a single repo. or we will have performance issue. I've never heard of problems with the numbers of files. It is well known that