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Re: Tie a CVS-aware app into GIT?

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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 12, 2009, 18:34 UTC
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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:01 PM, <david.hagood@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've thought about git-cvsserver as a solution, but I don't know if it can
> be run on a local machine to access a local repository.

Even though the docs say you can't (well, you should have to run it over pserver) ISTR there is a way to get the cvs client to instantiate a server using the CVS_SERVER envvar even for local ops.

Worth checking in the more detailed CVS user guide.
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