Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 18:11:26 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net>, Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: github freebsd and svn freebsd Message-ID: <CANCZdfo-xfO_0NEg8Lc0zsY%2BSb6QmOwfFkRy3SV6RcnOY6jPnQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2AvH5p8Oh5TBfAUJ5z6jm9GdqS252rN1ETnYa=xb4-qmg@mail.gmail.com> References: <18a5abcc-afbc-41c3-75ed-e33607e70c8f@zyxst.net> <20180904105302.GD2118@home.opsec.eu> <CAPyFy2AvH5p8Oh5TBfAUJ5z6jm9GdqS252rN1ETnYa=xb4-qmg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 5:49 PM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 4 September 2018 at 06:53, Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > The github repo isn't official, because there are still some > > consistency issues. The consistency problem is: If an repo-copy > > from svn to git is done, how can that repo-copy be done a second > > time and still keep the same commit ids (in the git repo) ? > > Restarting a svn->git conversion from scratch will usually generate > the same commit hashes. However, there's an unfortunate point where > the svn mirroring messed up [1] that resulted in bogus metadata on the > manufactured git commit, and all hashes from that point on are broken. > (Ironically this was from a bug in the svn mirroring process, not the > svn->git conversion or git itself.) > > Assuming we're confident the issue in the svn mirroring process is > fixed and will not recur we can redo the conversion, with a one-time > change to all hashes from the offending commit on, and they would not > change again in the future. > > [1] > https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/commit/c5e8194f33abf05314599d63c1e00d01aa354f47 What is the upgrade story for current users? How do they cut over? We need a how to or something in the handbook. Warner > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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