Merge remote branch 'ko/master' into jc/read-tree-cache-tree-fix

* ko/master: (2325 commits)
  Git 1.7.2-rc2
  backmerge a few more fixes to 1.7.1.X series
  fix git branch -m in presence of cross devices
  t/t0006: specify timezone as EST5 not EST to comply with POSIX
  add missing && to submodule-merge testcase
  t/README: document more test helpers
  test-date: fix sscanf type conversion
  xdiff: optimise for no whitespace difference when ignoring whitespace.
  gitweb: Move evaluate_gitweb_config out of run_request
  parse_date: fix signedness in timezone calculation
  t0006: test timezone parsing
  rerere.txt: Document forget subcommand
  t/README: proposed rewording...
  t/README: Document the do's and don'ts of tests
  t/README: Add a section about skipping tests
  t/README: Document test_expect_code
  t/README: Document test_external*
  t/README: Document the prereq functions, and 3-arg test_*
  t/README: Typo: paralell -> parallel
  t/README: The trash is in 't/trash directory.$name'
  ...

Conflicts:
	builtin-read-tree.c

1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git_remote_helpers/git/importer.py b/git_remote_helpers/git/importer.py
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+++ b/git_remote_helpers/git/importer.py
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+import os
+import subprocess
+
+
+class GitImporter(object):
+    """An importer for testgit repositories.
+
+    This importer simply delegates to git fast-import.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, repo):
+        """Creates a new importer for the specified repo.
+        """
+
+        self.repo = repo
+
+    def do_import(self, base):
+        """Imports a fast-import stream to the given directory.
+
+        Simply delegates to git fast-import.
+        """
+
+        dirname = self.repo.get_base_path(base)
+        if self.repo.local:
+            gitdir = self.repo.gitpath
+        else:
+            gitdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirname, '.git'))
+        path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirname, 'git.marks'))
+
+        if not os.path.exists(dirname):
+            os.makedirs(dirname)
+
+        args = ["git", "--git-dir=" + gitdir, "fast-import", "--quiet", "--export-marks=" + path]
+
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            args.append("--import-marks=" + path)
+
+        child = subprocess.Popen(args)
+        if child.wait() != 0:
+            raise CalledProcessError