From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PGIPQ-0002mm-TN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:40:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7E200E076C; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailgate.caprica.metux.de (caprica.metux.de [82.165.128.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D34E076C for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailgate.caprica.metux.de (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailgate.caprica.metux.de (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oAALg12m004174 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:42:01 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mailgate.caprica.metux.de (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with UUCP id oAALfhAl004096 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:41:43 +0100 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id oAALR6Nl002620 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:27:06 +0100 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:27:06 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Converting RCS/CVS to git Message-ID: <20101110212706.GB8646@nibiru.local> References: <20101102040258.GA23468@crowfix.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101102040258.GA23468@crowfix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: 439731c2-867b-418b-9f3b-aacf5bd1ab16 X-Archives-Hash: acf8ad3fba02ccb256823dd0fb602759 * felix@crowfix.com wrote: > I found git has a cvsimport command, but it complained that cvs didn't > recognize the server command, and some hints I saw of requiring cvs 2 > made me pause ... all I can see is cvs 1.12. echo "dev-vcs/cvs server" >> /etc/portage/package.use && emerge -1 cvs > I am not excited at git expecting a cvs server; I'll be danged if I'm > going to muck around with that just to convert a few files when git > has direct access to the ,v files themselves. You dont need to have an cvs server listening on some port. git-cvsimport just uses the cvs server command to check out individual revisions. Directly working on *,v files would require an completely separate implementation, just for the special case of importing local repos. cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weigelt@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------