From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, larsxschneider@gmail.com,
sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, me@ttaylorr.com,
jrnieder@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] fast-export: add --always-show-modify-after-rename
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 02:23:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181111072356.GJ30850@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181111062312.16342-11-newren@gmail.com>
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 10:23:12PM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote:
> fast-export output is traditionally used as an input to a fast-import
> program, but it is also useful to help gather statistics about the
> history of a repository (particularly when --no-data is also passed).
> For example, two of the types of information we may want to collect
> could include:
> 1) general information about renames that have occurred
> 2) what the biggest objects in a repository are and what names
> they appear under.
>
> The first bit of information can be gathered by just passing -M to
> fast-export. The second piece of information can partially be gotten
> from running
> git cat-file --batch-check --batch-all-objects
> However, that only shows what the biggest objects in the repository are
> and their sizes, not what names those objects appear as or what commits
> they were introduced in. We can get that information from fast-export,
> but when we only see
> R oldname newname
> instead of
> R oldname newname
> M 100644 $SHA1 newname
> then it makes the job more difficult. Add an option which allows us to
> force the latter output even when commits have exact renames of files.
fast-export seems like a funny tool to look up paths. What about "git
log --find-object=$SHA1" ?
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-11 7:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-23 13:04 Import/Export as a fast way to purge files from Git? Lars Schneider
2018-09-23 14:55 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-09-23 15:58 ` Lars Schneider
2018-09-23 15:53 ` brian m. carlson
2018-09-23 17:04 ` Jeff King
2018-09-24 17:24 ` Elijah Newren
2018-10-31 19:15 ` Lars Schneider
2018-11-01 7:12 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 00/10] fast export and import fixes and features Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 01/10] git-fast-import.txt: fix documentation for --quiet option Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:33 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 02/10] git-fast-export.txt: clarify misleading documentation about rev-list args Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:36 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 7:17 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-13 23:25 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-13 23:39 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-14 0:02 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 03/10] fast-export: use value from correct enum Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:36 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 20:10 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-12 9:12 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-12 11:31 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 04/10] fast-export: avoid dying when filtering by paths and old tags exist Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:44 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 7:38 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-12 12:32 ` Jeff King
2018-11-12 22:50 ` brian m. carlson
2018-11-13 14:38 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 05/10] fast-export: move commit rewriting logic into a function for reuse Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:47 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 06/10] fast-export: when using paths, avoid corrupt stream with non-existent mark Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:53 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 8:01 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-12 12:45 ` Jeff King
2018-11-12 15:36 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 07/10] fast-export: ensure we export requested refs Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 7:02 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 8:20 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 08/10] fast-export: add --reference-excluded-parents option Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 7:11 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 09/10] fast-export: add a --show-original-ids option to show original names Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 7:20 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 8:32 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-12 12:53 ` Jeff King
2018-11-12 15:46 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-12 16:31 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 6:23 ` [PATCH 10/10] fast-export: add --always-show-modify-after-rename Elijah Newren
2018-11-11 7:23 ` Jeff King [this message]
2018-11-11 8:42 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-12 12:58 ` Jeff King
2018-11-12 18:08 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-13 14:45 ` Jeff King
2018-11-13 17:10 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 7:14 ` Jeff King
2018-11-11 7:27 ` [PATCH 00/10] fast export and import fixes and features Jeff King
2018-11-11 8:44 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-12 13:00 ` Jeff King
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] " Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] git-fast-import.txt: fix documentation for --quiet option Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] git-fast-export.txt: clarify misleading documentation about rev-list args Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] fast-export: use value from correct enum Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] fast-export: avoid dying when filtering by paths and old tags exist Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 19:17 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-11-14 23:13 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] fast-export: move commit rewriting logic into a function for reuse Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] fast-export: when using paths, avoid corrupt stream with non-existent mark Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] fast-export: ensure we export requested refs Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] fast-export: add --reference-excluded-parents option Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 19:27 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-11-14 23:16 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] fast-import: remove unmaintained duplicate documentation Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:25 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] fast-export: add a --show-original-ids option to show original names Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 0:26 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] fast-export: add --always-show-modify-after-rename Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 7:25 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] fast export and import fixes and features Jeff King
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 " Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 01/11] fast-export: convert sha1 to oid Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 02/11] git-fast-import.txt: fix documentation for --quiet option Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 03/11] git-fast-export.txt: clarify misleading documentation about rev-list args Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 04/11] fast-export: use value from correct enum Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 05/11] fast-export: avoid dying when filtering by paths and old tags exist Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 06/11] fast-export: move commit rewriting logic into a function for reuse Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 07/11] fast-export: when using paths, avoid corrupt stream with non-existent mark Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 08/11] fast-export: ensure we export requested refs Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 09/11] fast-export: add --reference-excluded-parents option Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 10/11] fast-import: remove unmaintained duplicate documentation Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 7:59 ` [PATCH v3 11/11] fast-export: add a --show-original-ids option to show original names Elijah Newren
2018-11-16 12:29 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-11-16 8:50 ` [PATCH v3 00/11] fast export and import fixes and features Jeff King
2018-11-12 9:17 ` Import/Export as a fast way to purge files from Git? Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-12 15:34 ` Elijah Newren
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