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Re: CVS -> SVN -> Git

From
Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
Date
Jul 14, 2007, 21:50 UTC
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<20070714215031.GA3833@ugly.local>
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<20070714195252.GB11010@thyrsus.com>
On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 03:52:52PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> That being the case, two-step conversion with tools that import CVS to
> SVN and export from SVN to whatever actually works extremely well.
>
well, yes. hoooowever ... you are missing a few details:
- conversion time. until we have incremental conversions, this is
  absolutely critical to many organizations.
- psychology. cvs2xxx is simpler than cvs2svn + svn2xxx. it's also sort
  of a mindset thing. don't underestimate this.
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  2. Michael HaggertyJul 13, 2007
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  4. Michael HaggertyJul 14, 2007
  5. Chris ShoemakerJul 14, 2007
  6. Michael HaggertyJul 14, 2007
  7. Steffen ProhaskaJul 14, 2007
  8. Shawn O. PearceJul 15, 2007
  9. Eric S. RaymondJul 14, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2007
  11. Oswald BuddenhagenJul 14, 2007
  12. Michael HaggertyJul 14, 2007
  13. Karl FogelJul 14, 2007
  14. David FrechJul 14, 2007
  15. Shawn O. PearceJul 15, 2007
  16. Michael HaggertyJul 15, 2007
  17. Martin LanghoffJul 16, 2007
  18. Julian PhillipsJul 16, 2007
  19. Karl FogelJul 16, 2007
  20. Eric S. RaymondJul 15, 2007
  21. Michael HaggertyJul 15, 2007
  22. Eric S. RaymondJul 15, 2007
  23. Martin LanghoffJul 16, 2007
  24. Markus SchiltknechtJul 19, 2007
  25. Karl FogelJul 20, 2007
  26. Simon 'corecode' SchubertJul 19, 2007
  27. Markus SchiltknechtJul 20, 2007
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  30. Simon 'corecode' SchubertJul 19, 2007
  31. Julian PhillipsJul 20, 2007

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