Re: cvsimport bug on branches [was: conversion to git]
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Sep 21, 2007, 20:22 UTC
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- <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709212121330.28395@racer.site>
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- <200709211915.35642.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Hi,
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
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> fredag 21 september 2007 skrev Linus Torvalds: > > > > The big advantage of git-cvsimport is that it can do incremental > > imports, which I don't think the other methods do. But if there is any > > choice at all, and especially if you're not that interested in the > > incremental feature (ie you can cut over to git, and perhaps use > > git-cvsserver to "supprt" CVS users) the other CVS importers are > > likely to be much better. > > fromcvs does incremental import and it's very fast and uses much less > memory than cvsimport. It needs the rcs files however and will not > convert non-branch tags.
Plus you have to install Ruby. Just wanted people to know.
Ciao, Dscho