Critical bugs

[TinoDidriksen]

If this is what created e.g. https://github.com/giellalt/lang-kal/commits/main_with_history_fixed then there are critical bugs:

• Commit dates are lost. Looks like all commits are from when the script was run.

• Commits have the runner as committer (with original committer as author).

• Authors list is wrong. At least my name is, so probably others are.

[albbas]

If this is what created e.g. https://github.com/giellalt/lang-kal/commits/main_with_history_fixed then there are critical bugs:

Thanks for the feedback!

I used gitk to get an overview of the git log and such. The main history view shows the correct commit dates, so I thought everything was fine and dandy.

* Commit dates are lost. Looks like all commits are from when the script was run.

* Commits have the runner as committer (with original committer as author).

Now that you mention it, I see that the committer and author info are different.

git filter-branch can be used to set committer name and date equal to the author ditto.

* Authors list is wrong. At least my name is, so probably others are.

I/We can fix the author info in svn2git-authors.txt, turn it into a git mailmap, and use git filter-repo --mailmap my-mailmap to correct the info in the repo.

I'm on vacation now, but can have a look at this when I'm back.

[snomos]

Commands to clean up history can be found here: giellalt/giella-core#20 (comment)

[albbas]

All the above issues have been solved with the commits pushed today