Repository Reorganization Question

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Freitag, den 06.12.2013, 13:01 +0100 schrieb Johan Tibell:

> When we merge in the testsuite repo, can we still keep the old commit
> IDs? They're referenced from all over the place.

that depends on the style of merge:

 * With pathname rewriting:
   + git can easily trace the history of a file
   + we can remove the large binary blobs while we are at it
 * Without pathname rewriting:
   + commit IDs stay the same

Greetings,
Joachim


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