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authorEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>2007-04-18 00:17:33 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-04-18 12:39:04 -0700
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git-svn: don't allow globs to match regular files
git only tracks the histories of full directories, not that of individual files. Sometimes, SVN users will place[1] a regular file in the directory designated for subdirectories of branches or tags. Thanks to jrockway on #git for pointing this out. [1] mistakenly or otherwise, such as a README Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -59,3 +59,7 @@ Fixes since v1.5.1
- git-svn dcommit and rebase was confused by patches that were
merged from another branch that is managed by git-svn.
+
+ - git-svn used to get confused when globbing remote branch/tag
+ spec (e.g. "branches = proj/branches/*:refs/remotes/origin/*")
+ is used and there was a plain file that matched the glob.