I seem to be able (in my GUI client) to create a patch file for the commit(s) I have lined up. All I need to do is make a copy of my commit messages and use those while patching the new 'active' branch... I think.
Time will tell, I guess ;-) EdB On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Frédéric THOMAS <webdoubl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Not 100% sure because I never did it before but I guess you can do, on your > futur inactive project : <sha> is the first commit you did. > > git format-patch -1 <sha> > > -Fred > > > -----Message d'origine----- From: Erik de Bruin > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:07 PM > To: dev@flex.apache.org > Subject: Re: Git Migration Reset > > >> If you moved it from SVN to Git - why cant you just checkin your svn >> changes? > > > Because git has a lot of minor changes in a lot of the same files that > were already changed in SVN. I spent the afternoon yesterday putting > the final touches to my contributions and this morning (before the > excrement hit the ventilator) putting all of that into a whole bunch > of nicely documented commits. If I were to say "f*ck it" and just > overlay all the most recent files over my last SVN copy, I would loose > all of that work. > > Also, it's 8 PM over here and I've been at this since 8 AM this > morning. My family is threatening to kick me and my laptop out if I > don't have at least one conherent conversation with them today. > >> I meant you are on your own in the sense that I (or anyone else) cannot >> get into your computer to fix things for you. Of course I appreciate the > > > The way I understand it, it should be possible to clone the new repo > INFRA will eventually create to my local machine and make that my > "active project". I can then go into my current (by then "inactive") > project and create patches for each of the commits I prepared there, > and apply those patches to my active git project. Am I missing > something, or does that sound like it should work? > > EdB > > > > -- > Ix Multimedia Software > > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > 3521 VB Utrecht > > T. 06-51952295 > I. www.ixsoftware.nl -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
