Re: A Method of Breaking Git

2023-10-28 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 07:25:38AM +0200, Stijn Tintel wrote: > On 24/10/2023 15:25, Christian Marangi wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 02:21:35PM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > >> Christian Marangi writes: > >> > >>> Anyway I have also found this [1]... if it does actually works, it might > >>>

Re: A Method of Breaking Git

2023-10-28 Thread Stijn Tintel
On 24/10/2023 15:25, Christian Marangi wrote: On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 02:21:35PM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: Christian Marangi writes: Anyway I have also found this [1]... if it does actually works, it might be THE solution to our specific problem. Wonder if someone can test it on a sample

Re: A Method of Breaking Git

2023-10-26 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 02:21:35PM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Christian Marangi writes: > > > Anyway I have also found this [1]... if it does actually works, it might be > > THE solution to our specific problem. Wonder if someone can test it on a > > sample repository. > > > > [1]

Re: A Method of Breaking Git

2023-10-24 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 02:25:06PM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote: > On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 02:21:35PM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > > Christian Marangi writes: > > > > > Anyway I have also found this [1]... if it does actually works, it might > > > be > > > THE solution to our specific problem.

Re: A Method of Breaking Git

2023-10-24 Thread Christian Marangi
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 02:21:35PM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Christian Marangi writes: > > > Anyway I have also found this [1]... if it does actually works, it might be > > THE solution to our specific problem. Wonder if someone can test it on a > > sample repository. > > > > [1]

Re: A Method of Breaking Git

2023-10-24 Thread Bjørn Mork
Christian Marangi writes: > Anyway I have also found this [1]... if it does actually works, it might be > THE solution to our specific problem. Wonder if someone can test it on a > sample repository. > > [1] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190919-00/?p=102904 Nice! Seems to work.

Re: A Method of Breaking Git

2023-10-24 Thread Christian Marangi
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 01:40:22PM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Ack on the broken history problem. > > I don't think it's necessary to keep two separate histories though. The > main issue is the periodical removal of files keeping parts of history, > resulting in an increasing number of file names

Re: A Method of Breaking Git

2023-10-24 Thread Bjørn Mork
Ack on the broken history problem. I don't think it's necessary to keep two separate histories though. The main issue is the periodical removal of files keeping parts of history, resulting in an increasing number of file names to follow for the complete history. Doing git mv config-5.15