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Re: git-cvsimport doesn't quite work, wrt branches

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Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
Date
Jun 15, 2006, 07:18 UTC
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On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 11:46:51AM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
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> Yeah, we've got
> 
> 	git-cvsimport
> 	cvsps
> 	cvs rlog
> 	,v files
> 
> cvs rlog is designed to 'represent' the history of the repository to
> users.
I wouldn't exactly call that "history of the repository" :)

Are you thinking about any particular information from the ,v files, that rlog fails to expose ? That is, wouldn't be possible to do a job similar to what parsecvs does, with remote support ?

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  1. Jim MeyeringJun 13, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiJun 13, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsJun 13, 2006
  4. Keith PackardJun 13, 2006
  5. Martin LanghoffJun 13, 2006
  6. Keith PackardJun 13, 2006
  7. Martin LanghoffJun 14, 2006
  8. sfJun 14, 2006
  9. Yann DirsonJun 15, 2006
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