From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:15:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] docs/cvs-migration: mention cvsimport caveats
Message-ID: <20160922131526.GB6320@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160922072628.rs47hfiowtobw46s@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net>:
> Back when this guide was written, cvsimport was the only
> game in town. These days it is probably not the best option.

It is absolutely not.  As I have tried to point out here before, it
is *severely* broken in its processing of branchy CVS repositories.

Nobody wanted to hear that, but it's still true. Recommending it
is irresponsible.
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>