Subject: Re: Summer of Code project ideas due this Friday

From: Thomas Rast <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:28:05 +0100

Jakub Narebski wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > 4. filter-branch killer: using fast-import's new features to implement
> >    common filter-branch operations (--subdirectory-filter,
> >    --prune-empty, obliterating certain files) faster.
> 
> How it would be different from existing reposurgeon tool by ESR
> (cross-VC thanks to using fast-import format), or git_fast_filter by
> Elijah Newren (more of a library than a ready tool)?

Git integration?  I haven't looked at these tools for long enough to
say how much they fit the ticket and how fast they are, so for me it's
hard to say how much work it would be.

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Thomas Rast
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