Tools There are a couple tools to convert CVS to SVN:
* cvs2svn (http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/) - uses a fixed repository layout. * VCP http://public.perforce.com/public/revml/index.html is a many-to-many repository converter; there is a SVN/SVK plug-in for it at http://search.cpan.org/~clkao/VCP-Dest-svk-0.28/svk.pm. * 'svk mirror' should be able to import a CVS repository (apparently through VCP). * RefineCVS: Another one with flexible layout capability: http://lev.serebryakov.spb.ru/refinecvs/ cvs2svn Here are an experiment I did with cvs2svn. We probably need to use the latest (not Debian sarge's) version. The first step is to mirror the CVS repository on your local host using the Savannah rsync access - you'll probably need to convert the repository a couple times before getting exactly what you want. rsync -av rsync://cvs.sv.gnu.org/sources/yourproject/ yourproject-cvs/ Note that if you work on Unix only, you're likely to only work with "text" files: CVS does _not_ set files as binary (cvs admin -kb) automatically (not by analysing content, _nor by extension_), unless extensions are mentioned in CVSROOT/cvswrappers or ./.cvswrappers, and that's only at import/add time, this has to be manually fixed later. For example, I had to run either of those to fix the Savane PNGs: # Fix a remote repository: cvs co -d... myworkingcopy cd myworkingcopy find -name "*.png" -o -name "*.xcf" | xargs cvs admin -kb # Fix a rsync'd repository: find -name "*.png,v" -o -name "*.xcf,v" | xargs rcs -kb It took me 30 minutes to convert the (26M tar.gz) Savane repository, while people at Gna! mention several hours. It's probably faster to convert repositories in your personal computer, but this is yet to prove. Default conversion creates a layout like:: \ |-trunk |-CVSROOT |-modulename1 |-modulename2 `... |-branches `-tags Here is the command:: cvs2svn --use-cvs --fs-type=fsfs --username=YOUR_SAVANNAH_ACCOUNT --cvs-revnums -s SVN_REPOSITORY CVS_REPOSITORY \ --mime-types=/etc/mime.types > out.txt 2>err.txt '--use-cvs': use CVS instead of RCS, which is necessary in some rare cases; since we want a generic command line, let's use it, even if slower '--mime-types': adds a better content-type than application/octet-stream; not necessary strictly speaking '--fs-type=fsfs': the BDB (Berkley DB) format is apparently not a good one; FSFS is a bit more transparent and has some improvements. Savane uses it. It is possible to get a different layout using a several-step import:: \ |-CVSROOT |-trunk |-branches `tags |-modulename1 |-trunk |-branches `tags |-modulename2 |-trunk |-branches `tags `... Importing in several steps may cause searches by date to provide bogus results, because SVN assumes that if revno1 < revno2, date_revno1 < date_revno2, which typically isn't necessary the case when importing different modules one after the other (with ever incrementing revnos). Here're the commands (not tested):: svn init ... for modname in cvs-repo/*; do cvs2svn --use-cvs --cvs-revnums --fs-type=fsfs --username=YOUR_SAVANNAH_ACCOUNT \ --mime-types=/etc/mime.types --dumpfile=$modname.dump CVS_REPOSITORY/$modname svnadmin --parent-dir $modname load /path/to/svnrepo < $modname.dump done Of course, in both cases we may want to filter CVSROOT out, but user still can hide it thereafter. Yet another last layout is:: modulename1 # trunk modulename1-branches modulename1-tags modulename2 modulename2-branches modulename2-tags You may or may not like this. The best way for Savannah would be to provide an automated way to complete the whole conversion process (beware of DoS though). Documentation on http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2svn.html . Don't miss --tmpdir zand --dumpfile. Also check the FAQ: http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/faq.html https://gna.org/task/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=2229 details issues during the conversion of the Savane project repository itself. Commands that I ran to convert Savane (note: eventually the other Savane maintainer kept his own, less exhaustive, conversion that he did a few days earlier):: cvs2svn --use-cvs --fs-type=fsfs --username=beuc --cvs-revnums --mime-types=/etc/mime.types \ -s savane-svn savane-cvs/savane > out.txt 2>err.txt cvs2svn --use-cvs --fs-type=fsfs --username=beuc --cvs-revnums --mime-types=/etc/mime.types \ --dumpfile CVSROOT.dump --dump-only savane-cvs/CVSROOT svn mkdir file://`pwd`/savane-svn/CVSROOT -m "Added CVSROOT directory." svnadmin --parent-dir CVSROOT load savane-svn < CVSROOT.dump cvs2svn --use-cvs --fs-type=fsfs --username=beuc --cvs-revnums --mime-types=/etc/mime.types \ --dumpfile moved_out.dump --dump-only savane-cvs/moved_out svn mkdir file://`pwd`/savane-svn/moved_out -m "Added moved_out directory." svnadmin --parent-dir moved_out load savane-svn < moved_out.dump cvs2svn --use-cvs --fs-type=fsfs --username=beuc --cvs-revnums --mime-types=/etc/mime.types \ --dumpfile devel.dump --dump-only savane-cvs/devel svn mkdir file://`pwd`/savane-svn/devel -m "Added devel directory." svnadmin --parent-dir devel load savane-svn < devel.dump -- forwarded from https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/[EMAIL PROTECTED]://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance _______________________________________________ Savannah-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-cvs
