The new --history parameter enables a new mode in "combo-layer init"
where it copies the entire history of the components into the new
combined repository. This also imports merge commits.
Moving into a destination directory and applying commit hooks
is done via "git filter-branch" of the upstream branch. File
filtering uses the same code as before and just applies it
to that filtered branch to create the final commit which
then gets merged into the master branch of the new repository.
When multiple components are involved, they all get merged
into a single commit with an octopus merge. This depends
on a common ancestor, which is grafted onto the filtered
branches via .git/info/grafts.
These grafts are currently left in place. However, they do not get
pushed, so the local view on the entire history (all branches rooted
in the initial, empty commit, temporarily diverging and then
converging) is not the same as what others will see (branches starting
independently and converging). Perhaps "git replace" should be used
instead.
The final commit needs to be done manually, as before. A commit
message with some tracking information is ready for use as-is. This
information should be sufficient to implement also "combo-layer
update" using this approach, if desired. The advantage would be that
merge commits with conflict resolution would not longer break
the update.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
