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Re: git-cvsimport BUG: some commits are completely out of phase (but cvsps sees them all right)

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Nov 3, 2008, 14:52 UTC
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<490F1021.1090002@alum.mit.edu>
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<200811022331.14048.fg@one2team.net>
Francis Galiegue wrote:
> The plan would be to convert all modules in one go, with no one committing in 
> the meantime, so that's not a problem.

Then you should definitely try cvs2svn/cvs2git [1]. cvsps-based conversion tools all have known and unavoidable problems due to the limitations of cvsps.

Michael (the cvs2svn/cvs2git maintainer)

[1] http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2git.html
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  1. Francis GaliegueNov 2, 2008
  2. Tomi PakarinenNov 2, 2008
  3. Francis GaliegueNov 2, 2008
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