On Fri, 29 Nov 2019, Richard Biener wrote: > Can't branches and tags be deleted after the conversion as well?
Yes (manually on the server, depending on the exact configuration we set up for what pushes are allowed), but deleting before conversion speeds up the process of verifying conversion correctness at branch tips and makes different conversions more comparable. These are the current commented tag deletions from my most recent merge request which sorts them into logical groups. I suggest we consider which of these we wish to delete, and also suggest that the answer should be all except maybe the vendor tags. Note that some tags may be covered in more than one group, and the tag deletions by regexp include tags in subdirectories that match that regexp. # Various tags with names that are meaningless in the context of the # GCC repository. tag ChangeLog delete tag Ver01 delete tag r2_00-beta delete tag release-0-0 delete tag release-0-1 delete tag release-1-0 delete # Tags to mark branchpoints (a CVS idiom, not relevant in git). tag /branchpoint/ delete # These branchpoint tags are also confusing by having the same names # as the branches. tag c++-compat-branch delete tag cxx-reflection-branch delete # Tags for external components imported as vendor branches or similar. tag /GC_/ delete tag /LIBTOOL_/ delete tag /ZLIB_/ delete tag stl-3_11 delete tag stl-971028 delete # Not sure exactly what this tag is for. tag gettext_0_10_35 delete # Tags for imports in general. tag /import/ delete # Other tags used to mark merge information. tag /merge|before|after/ delete tag cp-parser-mege-14 delete tag ix86/gcc-4_1-branch delete tag ix86/gcc-4_2-branch delete # This merge tag is also confusing by having the same name as the branch. tag function-specific-branch delete # Snapshot tags (most have been deleted in SVN), including vendor # snapshots. tag /snapshot/ delete tag bounded-pointers-ss-20000730 delete tag gcc-3_0_pre_20010525 delete tag gcc_3_0_pre_20010527 delete tag gcc-3_3-e500-ss-20030904 delete tag gcc-3-5-20040503 delete tag libiberty_19980515 delete # Dated tags that might be snapshots or imports or just a particular # point on a branch. tag devo_gcc_testsuite_970818 delete tag etc_19980515 delete tag f_torture_10011997 delete tag java-gui-update-20040619 delete tag objc-improvements-candidate-20030915 delete tag objc-improvements-candidate-20030922 delete tag pch-commit-20020603 delete # Tags for a particular point on a development branch. tag immuse-rewrite-abstract delete tag immuse-rewrite-alpha delete tag immuse-rewrite-beta delete tag immuse-rewrite-start delete tag itanium_sched_branch_251102 delete tag pre-cni-catch-change delete # Tags for vendor releases. tag /ARM/ delete tag /apple/gcc/ delete tag /csl/ delete tag /linaro-/ delete tag /microblaze-/ delete tag /st/GCC/ delete tag /ubuntu/gcc-/ delete tag egcs_1_0_x_redhat5_1 delete tag gcc-1766 delete tag gcc-3_2-rhl8-3_2-7 delete tag ix86/gcc_4_3_1_release delete -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
