Making git-svn first class citizen of FreeBSD's repos.

[Alfred Perlstein]

On 11/12/14, 4:54 PM, Bryan Drewery wrote:
> On 11/12/2014 6:47 PM, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>> git-svn work nicely with the FreeBSD repositories with two minor
>> exceptions.
> Thanks for working on this. I'd be happy to be able to use git-svn.
>
>> Those two minor exceptions may have been fixed today.
>>
>> The two exceptions:
>> 1) When adding new files svn props are a problem.  Specifically two issues:
>> 1.1) There was no way to add properties to existing files.
>> 1.2) Autoprops did not seem to work.
>> 2) Removing directories in git-svn would not result in the directories
>> being removed on the server.
>>
>> I have what appears to be solutions to all three of these problems.
>>
>> 1) Props:
>> 1.1) A patch to git-svn is ports is here:
>> https://github.com/splbio/git/compare/v2.1.2-git-svn-propset
>> With this patch you can now do:
>>    git svn propset svn:keywords FreeBSD=%H foo.c
>> Then "git svn dcommit" will set that for you on commit hook.
>>
>> 1.2) Autoprops, this is simple:
>> Edit ~/.subversion/config
>> Add the following lines:
>>    enable-auto-props = yes
>>    [auto-props]
>>    *.c = svn:keywords=FreeBSD=%H
> I think we need a 'propdel' as well. Too many times I've gotten into
> situations where I needed to cleanup from bad auto-props.
Hmm, well maybe soon.


>
>>    ...
>>
>> 2) Removing directories:
>> Set the config var:  git config svn.rmdir true
>> Now when you remove a directory, git-svn will remove it on the svn
>> server as well.
>>
>> I'd like to update the wiki page and get the at
>> (https://github.com/splbio/git/compare/v2.1.2-git-svn-propset) into the
>> FreeBSD ports tree, and possibly upstream it to git.
>>
> Note it's been discussed upstream in *2009*:
> http://marc.info/?l=git&m=125259772625008&w=2

Oh, yes, that's where I got the props patch itself.  It's been forward 
ported.

I didn't see any follow up on the lists.  So I will poke the git people 
and see what is up.

>> Let me know if you have any questions.
>>
>> -Alfred
>