[Biopython-dev] history on github - where are the tags?

[Peter]

> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Bartek Wilczynski
>>>
>>> If we can fix the tags, great.  If we can also remap the authors to
>>> their git usernames, even better.
>>>
>> This is doable in the current setup. I don't know whether we need to
>> do this. The old commits are signed by the same credentials (name,
>> e-mail) as on CVS server.

>From looking at git log, they just have our CVS usename, e.g.
Author: peterc <peterc>
i.e. No email address

>> If we start re-mapping them now, we are going to have essentially a
>> new commit history, so everybody would need to rebase their
>> branches... I don't see a problem of having old commits signed with
>> old e-mails, and new commits signed by new. Especially, that
>> everybody can have multiple e-mails assigned to their github
>> account (that's how I did with mine).
>
> That would be simpler.  I'll have to try on my github account...
>

Given we don't have email addresses embedded in the old commits,
do you think is this going to be possible (without changing the
repository)?

Peter