Re: [oll-user] Repository organization

[Urs L. <ul...@op...>]

Am Freitag, den 12.04.2013, 19:18 +0200 schrieb Janek Warchoł:
> 
> 2013/4/12 Urs Liska <ul...@op...>
>         So it remains open:
>         Any ideas how to deal with the situation?
>         
>         The simplest solution would be:
>         - Just remove all files except the ones needed for the new
>         repo with a
>         regular commit
>         - Move all remaining files to the desired new location in the
>         directory
>         structure, also with a regular commit.
>         Absolutely painless process, but of course each repo would
>         carry the
>         whole history.
>         
>         Second simplest solution:
>         - Add only the desired files to the new repos
>         - Keep the existing repo as the only instance of the history.
>         
>         I don't like both.
> 
> 
> What about: use --filter-branch to harvest as much history as
> possible, and stop at that (keeping the existing repo as an archive of
> the history)?
> 
> It's not a very good solution, but i'm not sure if doing more is worth
> the trouble.
> 
> I think only you can judge this, (as i've obviously had fallen behind
> with the project): is the history important enough?  Were there many
> situations where having current history significantly helped you?  One
> thing comes to my mind: since the early history is quite tangled, it
> may not be very helpful anyway in a few weeks/months from now.

Probably you're right. Maybe I just lack the freedom of mind to let that
history go ...
(as one experienced musicologist told me: be careful with your critical
remarks. Don't write too many of them, even as the first sketch: Once
you have something written down you don't want to drop that anymore ;-)

Maybe that's a good compromise. I'll wait a few days (to see if somebody
comes up with another idea), and give it a try.

Urs
> 
> 
> best,
> 
> Janek
>