Re: [git-users] SVN vs GIT

2012-03-08 Thread Godmar Back
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:40 AM, radovan bast radovan.b...@uit.no wrote: - you get backup for free Could you explain this point? I would have made that argument for SVN/CVS, really any centralized system. In git, you're dealing with (possibly numerous) repositories on different machines.

[git-users] git-cvsimport fails with fatal: Cannot lock the ref

2011-09-27 Thread Godmar Back
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

[git-users] Re: git-cvsimport fails with fatal: Cannot lock the ref

2011-09-27 Thread Godmar Back
Minor correction: the actual command I used is not On Sep 27, 9:30 pm, Godmar Back god...@gmail.com wrote: git cvsimport -i -r git@mygithost:.git -v -d :pserver: reposname but rather: git cvsimport -i -r git@mygithost:repos.git -v -d :pserver reposname where 'repos.git

Re: [git-users] git-cvsimport fails with fatal: Cannot lock the ref

2011-09-27 Thread Godmar Back
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:18 PM, David Aguilar dav...@gmail.com wrote: 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