cvs import and internal plumbing commands

From: Antony Stubbs <antony.stubbs@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 5, 2009, 02:43 UTC
Message-ID: <B9FEA72A-882C-4CF9-97A3-A353F282ACBB@gmail.com>

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.

I'm working on patching cvsimport to the new style, but would appreicate anyone pointing out anything I'm missing...

If i am indeed correct, then a little help with this would be great (I'm not a perl programmer):

diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index e439202..de40933 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ while (<CVS>) {
                         my $pid = open(my $F, '-|');
                         die $! unless defined $pid;
                         if (!$pid) {
-                           exec("git-hash-object", "-w", $tmpname)
+                           exec("git", "hash-object -w", $tmpname)
                                 or die "Cannot create object: $!\n";
                         }
                         my $sha = <$F>;

git: 'hash-object -w' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.

Regards,
Antony Stubbs

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