On Sep 27, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Godmar Back <god...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to migrate from CVS to git. To that end, I'm trying to use the > 'git cvsimport' command to import an existing CVS repository into a remote > bare git repository I've created. > > I have set up the git repository using 'git init --bare repos.git' and I have > verified that I can clone this (empty) repository over an ssh transport. I > have set up ssh public key authentication successfully. > > However, when I try to import the CVS repository into the remote repository > using: > > git cvsimport -i -r git@mygithost:.git -v -d :pserver:.... reposname
I think the error is because you are trying to tell it to use the remote repo, which is not how it works. the remote -r flag is best omitted for this use case (one-time conversion) create a new local repo and do it there: git cvsimport -C newrepo ... then push it to your shared repo cd newrepo git remote add origin git@host:foo.git git push origin master then you're best off doing new work in clones and discard the repo used for the conversion. git clone git@host:foo.git there's a section where importing a cvs archive is covered in this doc: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man7/gitcvs-migration.7.html > > it'll start retrieving the CVS histories, but then fail with: > > fatal: Cannot lock the ref 'refs/remotes/git@mygithost:repos.git/master'. > Cannot write branch master for update: Bad file descriptor > > What does that mean, and what is the correct workflow to migrate from CVS to > git? > I'm using git 1.7.0.4. > > Note that I wish to keep CVS's centralized model for now by using a > centralized bare repository that will function as a shared upstream for all > developers in our project; that's why I am trying to import the CVS > repository into it. > > Thanks for any help. > > - Godmar > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Git for human beings" group. > To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
