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Re: Asking again... [Re: how to properly import perforce history?]

From
Simon Hausmann <simon@lst.de>
Date
Jun 11, 2007, 14:56 UTC
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<200706111656.33696.simon@lst.de>
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<20070611142525.GN25093@menevado.ms.com>
On Monday 11 June 2007 16:25:25 Kevin Green wrote:
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> Reading this again, the subject was probably misleading...  Sorry for that.
>
> In the meantime I've been scouring the archives looking for the proper way
> to import p4 history into a project.
>
> I'm attempting to use git-p4import.py as that's what came with my version
> of git.  I ran into the problems below.
>
> How can I properly migrate a project from perforce to git?

*plug* You could try with git-p4 from http://repo.or.cz/w/fast-export.git . It should be just a matter of calling

	git-p4 clone //depot/path
or
	git-p4 clone //depot/path@all

(the former if you just want perforce #head, the latter if you want to import all revisions).

Simon
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  1. Kevin GreenJun 8, 2007
  2. Asking again... [Re: how to properly import perforce history?]Kevin Green, Jun 11, 2007
  3. Simon HausmannJun 11, 2007
  4. Alex RiesenJun 11, 2007
  5. Simon HausmannJun 11, 2007
  6. Alex RiesenJun 11, 2007
  7. Scott LambJun 11, 2007
  8. Alex RiesenJun 11, 2007
  9. Scott LambJun 11, 2007
  10. Simon HausmannJun 11, 2007
  11. Han-Wen NienhuysJun 12, 2007
  12. Alex RiesenJun 12, 2007
  13. Kevin GreenJun 11, 2007
  14. Alex RiesenJun 11, 2007
  15. git-p4: check for existence of repo dir before trying to create [Was: Asking again... [Re: how to properly import perforce history?]]Kevin Green, Jun 11, 2007
  16. Simon HausmannJun 11, 2007

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