Re[2]: State of CVS-to-git conversion tools (Was: Re: cvsps: bad usage: invalid argument --norc)

ESR> Ilya Basin : >> For new branches the 'from' command can refer the common ancestor in >> an existing branch. For example: >> >> /--E thebranch >> / >> A---B---C---D master >> >> Commit E is newer than D; we already imported D; thebranch is new. >> Instead of: >>

Re[2]: State of CVS-to-git conversion tools (Was: Re: cvsps: bad usage: invalid argument --norc)

>> But if the branch is new, but it's parent commit is already imported, >> I guess, the only way to refer it is by its SHA-1 >> Eric, what parent information can cvsps provide for the first commit >> in a branch, when invoked with the '-d' flag? ESR> At the moment it doesn't provide any at all.

Re[2]: State of CVS-to-git conversion tools (Was: Re: cvsps: bad usage: invalid argument --norc)

Hi Eric. ESR> cvs-fast-export does not have incremental-import support. ESR> Whether git-cvs-import has it depend on which version you have ESR> and what backend it it is using. I don't maintain that wrapper. Did you mean "git-fast-import"? Or do you know any wrapper that already uses cvsps3 --fas