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Re: cvsimport bug on branches [was: conversion to git]

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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 22, 2007, 00:05 UTC
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On 9/22/07, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> The big advantage of git-cvsimport is that it can do incremental imports,

Indeed. And it can take over incrementals on a GIT repo initially imported by parsecvs or cvs2git. That's the recommended practice for tracking non-trivial CVS repos -- IOWs "that's what I do" ;-)

cheers,
m
Previous: Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Message 11 of 11 in “cvsimport bug on branches [was: conversion to git]”
  1. Eric BlakeSep 21, 2007
  2. Steffen ProhaskaSep 21, 2007
  3. Linus TorvaldsSep 21, 2007
  4. Robin RosenbergSep 21, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinSep 21, 2007
  6. Robin RosenbergSep 21, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinSep 21, 2007
  8. Robin RosenbergSep 21, 2007
  9. fromcvs installation [was: cvsimport bug on branches [was: conversion to git]]Steffen Prohaska, Sep 22, 2007
  10. Simon 'corecode' SchubertSep 22, 2007
  11. Martin LanghoffSep 22, 2007

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