[RFC] Linux Kernel SVN Howto - part two

[RFC] Linux Kernel SVN Howto - part two

[Stelian Pop]

Hi,

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I've updated my Subversion kernel howto and did some work on the
import scripts:
	http://www.popies.net/svn-kernel/

There are now two possibilities to convert the bkcvs repository
into a SVN one:
	* either using the original Ben Collins script, which will
	  map one Linus' changeset into a SVN revision (but all the
	  changesets which occured on another branch and got merged
	  by Linus will be packed into one single SVN revision)

	* or using my modified script which analyses the file deltas
	  and tries to recreate the original changesets (based on the
	  assumption that the log messages for every file involved
	  in a changeset is identical). It works pretty well, if a
	  file hasn't been modified several times on a branch.

The repository creation instructions have also changed a bit, 
improving the time necessary to do the conversion (on my AMD 2000+
I can create the full 2.6 repository in 2 hours using the first
script, 5 hours using the second script).

Feedback welcomed.

Stelian.
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Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>