Re: [PATCH 09/10] fast-export: add a --show-original-ids option to show original names

2018-11-12 Thread Jeff King
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 07:46:14AM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote: > So maybe my commit message should have been something > more like: > > """ > Knowing the original names (hashes) of commits can sometimes enable > post-filtering that would otherwise be difficult or impossible. In > particular,

Re: [PATCH 09/10] fast-export: add a --show-original-ids option to show original names

2018-11-12 Thread Elijah Newren
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 4:53 AM Jeff King wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 12:32:22AM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote: > > > > > Documentation/git-fast-export.txt | 7 +++ > > > > builtin/fast-export.c | 20 +++- > > > > fast-import.c | 17

Re: [PATCH 09/10] fast-export: add a --show-original-ids option to show original names

2018-11-12 Thread Jeff King
On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 12:32:22AM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote: > > > Documentation/git-fast-export.txt | 7 +++ > > > builtin/fast-export.c | 20 +++- > > > fast-import.c | 17 + > > > t/t9350-fast-export.sh| 17

Re: [PATCH 09/10] fast-export: add a --show-original-ids option to show original names

2018-11-11 Thread Elijah Newren
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 11:20 PM Jeff King wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 10:23:11PM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote: > > > Knowing the original names (hashes) of commits, blobs, and tags can > > sometimes enable post-filtering that would otherwise be difficult or > > impossible. In particular,

Re: [PATCH 09/10] fast-export: add a --show-original-ids option to show original names

2018-11-10 Thread Jeff King
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 10:23:11PM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote: > Knowing the original names (hashes) of commits, blobs, and tags can > sometimes enable post-filtering that would otherwise be difficult or > impossible. In particular, the desire to rewrite commit messages which > refer to other

[PATCH 09/10] fast-export: add a --show-original-ids option to show original names

2018-11-10 Thread Elijah Newren
Knowing the original names (hashes) of commits, blobs, and tags can sometimes enable post-filtering that would otherwise be difficult or impossible. In particular, the desire to rewrite commit messages which refer to other prior commits (on top of whatever other filtering is being done) is very