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List:       kde-scm-interest
Subject:    Re: History when splitting a repository
From:       Ian Monroe <ian () monroe ! nu>
Date:       2017-10-06 16:19:55
Message-ID: CAHh0A5UcYEiYO1NP5-YnJhW7bBoBa7VDTa=oXyDFYosgVe0m0g () mail ! gmail ! com
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Yea I think so. Just convert it into one git repo and then split and
rearrange the repo in git.

Ian

On Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 03:46 John Lawlor <jk.lawlor@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Say you have a folder in SVN, let's call it 'Analytics', and it contains 2
> sub-directories called Mobinil and MobinilUseCases.
>
> You decide to split the contents of Analytics into separate git
> repositories using svn2git.
>
> If I understand correctly, then the history of 'Analytics' will be lost in
> the conversion unless you create a separate repository called 'Analytics',
> which will contain the two sub-directories: Mobinil and MobinilUseCases.
>
> However, this repository has no real function as it's contents have
> diverged into separate repositories.
>
> Am I correct in this assumption?
>
> John
>
>
>

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<p dir="ltr">Yea I think so. Just convert it into one git repo and then split and \
rearrange the repo in git.</p> <p dir="ltr">Ian</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 03:46 John Lawlor \
&lt;<a href="mailto:jk.lawlor@gmail.com">jk.lawlor@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div \
dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Say you have a folder in SVN, let&#39;s call it \
&#39;Analytics&#39;, and it contains 2 sub-directories called Mobinil and \
MobinilUseCases.</div><div><br></div><div>You decide to split the contents of \
Analytics into separate git repositories using svn2git.</div><div><br></div><div>If I \
understand correctly, then the history of &#39;Analytics&#39; will be lost in the \
conversion unless you create a separate repository called &#39;Analytics&#39;, which \
will contain the two sub-directories: Mobinil and MobinilUseCases.  \
</div><div><br></div><div>However, this repository has no real function as it&#39;s \
contents have diverged into separate repositories.  </div><div><br></div><div>Am I \
correct in this assumption?</div></div><div \
dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div>




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