[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

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

2014-04-25 Thread George Georgiev
On Friday, April 25, 2014 11:38:20 AM UTC-7, Dale Worley wrote: From: George Georgiev george.ge...@gmail.com javascript: 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

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

2014-04-28 Thread George Georgiev
the hash is just an ID, but not an actual checksum - in which case I could ignore to update it - but this seems very risky. On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Dale R. Worley wor...@alum.mit.edu wrote: From: George Georgiev george.georgiev...@gmail.com The problem is that adding a commit