Re: cvs to git migration - keywords

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> 1) We can migrate the repository with the keywords, and then make one big
> commit just after (or before, that doesn't make a difference) removing
> them. In this case, backbranches and tags look exactly like they do
> now, but it also means if you do "git diff" between old versions, the
> keywords will show up there.
>
> 2) We can filter out that row during the conversion, so they look like
> they never existed.That means that if you check out 7.4.3 or whatever
> fro git, it will look like the keyword lines never existed. Since
> they're in comments it shouldn''t affect functionality, but it does mean
> that we are *not* keeping history unmodified. The advantage is that
> "git diff" on and between old revision won't include the keyword
> changes, of course.
>
> #1 is most likely the easiest one.

+1 for #1. Changing history and the resulting possibility of becoming
one's own grandfather always makes me nervous.

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