{"thread":{"id":"8942","subject":"[PATCH] cvsimport: added warning doc, cvsimport may fail to handle history","startedAt":"2007-07-09T05:42:42Z","lastAt":"2007-07-09T05:42:42Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Steffen Prohaska"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"46830","messageId":"11839597623847-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de","threadId":"8942","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] cvsimport: added warning doc, cvsimport may fail to handle history","fromName":"Steffen Prohaska","fromEmail":"prohaska@zib.de","sentAt":"2007-07-09T05:42:42Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-09T05:42:42Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"prohaska@zib.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/217580?v=4"},"body":"There are discussions on the mailing list that git-cvsimport\nfails to handle history. This should be noted in the documentation\nof cvsimport.\n\nSigned-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>\n---\n Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt |   10 ++++++++++\n 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt\nindex fdd7ec7..b4a5ebd 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt\n@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ to work with; after that, you need to 'git merge' incremental imports, or\n any CVS branches, yourself.  It is advisable to specify a named remote via\n -r to separate and protect the incoming branches.\n \n+There were rumors on the mailing list that git-cvsimport fails to\n+handle history correctly.  Especially cvs branches seem to cause \n+problems. See the following thread on the mailing list for more details\n+link:http://marc.info/?t=118385570200002&r=1&w=2[http://marc.info/?t=118385570200002&r=1&w=2].\n+Alternatives discussed on the mailing list are\n+\n+  * parsecvs from link:http://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/users/keithp/repos/parsecvs.git/[http://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/users/keithp/repos/parsecvs.git/]\n+  * fromcvs from link:http://ww2.fs.ei.tum.de/%7Ecorecode/hg/fromcvs/[http://ww2.fs.ei.tum.de/%7Ecorecode/hg/fromcvs/]\n+\n+As of July 2007 there is no definite recommendation which tool to use.\n \n OPTIONS\n -------\n-- \n1.5.3.rc0.22.gd22ed\n"}]}