From: Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 06:59:25 GMT
Subject: Re: importing cvs logical modules
Message-ID: <93c3eada0605242359k204bfe79vabc323eddfafa5f@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <46a038f90605242316l4b0a0963m638f7a2e47936000@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/25/06, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/25/06, Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The tight linkage is absolutely essential.
> >
> > When we tag the system, we
> > want to tag everything (not individually tag all 300 programs)
> > so that later we can to branch at that tag. Very few of our
>
> Then you want a single git repo/tree/project. The thing is how to work
> through your mangled CVS history.
>
> Two options there...
>
>  - Don't. Import from after the last directory reorg or from your last
> interesting release. Keep the cvs tree for people who really want to
> dig into the past. this has several advantages, as initial checkouts
> will be faster, import times shorter, less pain overall.

Yes, this is definitely on the shortlist of options.
If we can't keep all the history, we may as well make
a clean start. Thanks for the advice.

Cheers,
Geoff.