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Subject:    Re: [Vcs-fast-import-devs] [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) command
From:       Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-01-31 18:48:23
Message-ID: AANLkTi=3P0xc3mJj5Tsg_P26SAXmgVfCk1VeYQ=k2UtT () mail ! gmail ! com
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Heya,

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 19:33, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Most DVCSes do not allow one to non-disruptively change the log
> message for a commit.  But sometimes people want to attach information to a
> commit after the fact:
>
>  - whether it was tested and worked correctly
>  - who liked or disliked the commit (Acked-by, Reviewed-by)
>  - corresponding revision number after export to another version
>   control system
>  - bug number
>  - corresponding compiled binary

I talked with Augie Fackler (from hg) about this on IM and he says:
> We don't support anything like that at present (no demand, when we check
> nobody really seems to use git notes for anything)
> so it doesn't seem relevant in fast-export

So at least HG doesn't (currently) have any functionality that they
could use to implement the importing of such a stream.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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