Re: cvs import and internal plumbing commands

From: Antony Stubbs <antony.stubbs@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 17, 2009, 21:44 UTC
Message-ID: <7590CBC0-25BA-41D4-9BB5-40550A6CDDF6@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090716100121.GA6742@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On 16/07/2009, at 10:01 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 02:43:01PM +1200, Antony Stubbs wrote:
>
>> I've got a new install from mac-ports and am having trouble with cvs
>> import not finding the plumbing commands.
>>
>> It seems that cvsimport still uses all the old style git-hash-object
>> type commands, instead of the new " git hash-object" command style.
>> And on my system, I don't have any of the old style commands.
>
> The old style commands should be in the execdir (e.g.,
> /usr/local/libexec/git-core). That directory should be placed at the
> beginning of the PATH when you run "git cvsimport".
>
> If you run "git --exec-path", what directory does it print? If you  
> go to
> that directory, is it filled with dashed git commands?
>
> -Peff

Ok cool, I'll have a look when I get home.

But should we not migrate it for the future anyway? An at least that way it would work by default, in this environment?

Cheers, Antony

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