{"thread":{"id":"13689","subject":"Visual SourceSafe -> Git?","startedAt":"2008-05-27T13:20:07Z","lastAt":"2008-05-27T13:40:47Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Chris Hoffman","Stephen Sinclair"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"77853","messageId":"63c5d3820805270620t1fefdf95q6407bd053a2daa88@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"13689","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Visual SourceSafe -> Git?","fromName":"Chris Hoffman","fromEmail":"chris.c.hoffman@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-05-27T13:20:07Z","receivedAt":"2008-05-27T13:20:07Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"chris.c.hoffman@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/fa4fdba46b9a40c71850e4429022469d6ed6a499a818eeb9c6ebad346b68fbf1?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hello,\n\nIs there a tutorial/script out there that would allow one to convert\nan old-and-busted VSS repo to Git?  I was thinking about going the\nsubversion route, but I still have nightmares of the days when I was\nhaving to do complex merges.\n\nThanks!\n\n-Chris\n"},{"id":"77857","messageId":"9b3e2dc20805270640t160e7865of9b112fc0f297c4f@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"13689","inReplyTo":"63c5d3820805270620t1fefdf95q6407bd053a2daa88@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Visual SourceSafe -> Git?","fromName":"Stephen Sinclair","fromEmail":"radarsat1@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-05-27T13:40:47Z","receivedAt":"2008-05-27T13:40:47Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"radarsat1@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi Chris,\n\nI've done this using vss2svn:\nhttp://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/RunningTheMigration\nThen imported the svn using git-svn.\n\nIt works great, at least for my simple use case.\nOf course, the actually VSS history is pretty useless since no one at\nmy company knows how to use version control (i.e., no comments) but at\nleast it's there if I need it. :)\nI have no idea if this handles branching and such.\n\nSteve\n\n\nOn Tue, May 27, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Chris Hoffman\n<chris.c.hoffman@gmail.com> wrote:\n> Hello,\n>\n> Is there a tutorial/script out there that would allow one to convert\n> an old-and-busted VSS repo to Git?  I was thinking about going the\n> subversion route, but I still have nightmares of the days when I was\n> having to do complex merges.\n>\n> Thanks!\n>\n> -Chris\n> --\n> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line \"unsubscribe git\" in\n> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org\n> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html\n>\n"}]}