Vincent Caron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Mathieu Roy wrote: >> Was it a CVS you imported? >> When we import a CVS, we do not keep the CVSROOT/, this directory is >> usually way too specific to be kept without risking to break lot of >> things. > > However it contains some important metadata like tags and > history. Importing CVS tarballs is a bit tricky and error prone, I was > wondering if someone had it more or less scripted. > > I've written a simple (experimental) solution last month, have a look > at /usr/local/bin/sv_fixcvs : usage should be 1) unpack user CVS > tarball in the proper place (/cvsroot/<project>), 2) run sv_fixcvs > <project> so it'll "normalize" the files attributes. It's really basic > sanitization though.
I'll look at it the next time I'll import a CVS. Regards, -- Mathieu Roy +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | General Homepage: http://yeupou.coleumes.org/ | | Computing Homepage: http://alberich.coleumes.org/ | | Not a native english speaker: | | http://stock.coleumes.org/doc.php?i=/misc-files/flawed-english | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ Savannah-hackers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-hackers
