Re: [gentoo-user] Converting RCS/CVS to git
* fe...@crowfix.com fe...@crowfix.com wrote: I found git has a cvsimport command, but it complained that cvs didn't recognize the server command, and some hints I saw of requiring cvs 2 made me pause ... all I can see is cvs 1.12. echo dev-vcs/cvs server /etc/portage/package.use emerge -1 cvs I am not excited at git expecting a cvs server; I'll be danged if I'm going to muck around with that just to convert a few files when git has direct access to the ,v files themselves. You dont need to have an cvs server listening on some port. git-cvsimport just uses the cvs server command to check out individual revisions. Directly working on *,v files would require an completely separate implementation, just for the special case of importing local repos. cu -- -- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weig...@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 -- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme --
Re: [gentoo-user] Converting RCS/CVS to git
The cvs2svn project also has a cvs2git tool. http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/ HTH, Ben - Original Message From: fe...@crowfix.com fe...@crowfix.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 12:02:58 AM Subject: [gentoo-user] Converting RCS/CVS to git I have a small RCS repository which I would like to convert to git. It has no branches, no subdirs, and only a few files. I found one conversion utility which claimed to convert directly from RCS to git, but it failed, and I no longer remember its name or how it failed, other than it sounded like more than a simple failure. I can convert it to CVS manually simply enough. I found git has a cvsimport command, but it complained that cvs didn't recognize the server command, and some hints I saw of requiring cvs 2 made me pause ... all I can see is cvs 1.12. Vague fuzzy old memories make me think there was a cvs 2, but I see nothing in gentoo for it. I am not excited at git expecting a cvs server; I'll be danged if I'm going to muck around with that just to convert a few files when git has direct access to the ,v files themselves. Anyone have any suggestions? Don't feed me google pages; I am asking for personal experience. It would also be interesting to know what this cvs 2 business is. It's hard to google for that ... -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman rocket surgeon / fe...@crowfix.com GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o
Re: [gentoo-user] Converting RCS/CVS to git
On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:41:27AM -0700, BRM wrote: The cvs2svn project also has a cvs2git tool. http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/ Interesting ... downloaded and tried it, but no time for a full reading of the docs ... got an empty git repository so I will have to explore it further later :-) Thanks. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman rocket surgeon / fe...@crowfix.com GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o
Re: [gentoo-user] Converting RCS/CVS to git
- Original Message From: fe...@crowfix.com fe...@crowfix.com On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:41:27AM -0700, BRM wrote: The cvs2svn project also has a cvs2git tool. http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/ Interesting ... downloaded and tried it, but no time for a full reading of the docs ... got an empty git repository so I will have to explore it further later :-) Jump on the cvs2svn mailing list if you continue to have problems. The mailing list is very low-volume (100 per month) and the author is quite responsive to issues. I haven't used cvs2git myself, though I have used cvs2svn several times. It's a great and wonderful little tool. Ben
