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Re: cvsimport bug on branches [was: conversion to git]

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Sep 21, 2007, 21:12 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0709212212020.28395@racer.site>
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<200709212242.53131.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Hi,
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
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> fredag 21 september 2007 skrev Johannes Schindelin:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> > 
> > > 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.
> 
> You don't like Ruby, do you? It worth it, really.

No, it's yet another dependency. And the quality of the code still depends on the programmer, not the language.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 7 of 11 in “cvsimport bug on branches [was: conversion to git]”
  1. Eric BlakeSep 21, 2007
  2. Steffen ProhaskaSep 21, 2007
  3. Linus TorvaldsSep 21, 2007
  4. Robin RosenbergSep 21, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinSep 21, 2007
  6. Robin RosenbergSep 21, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinSep 21, 2007
  8. Robin RosenbergSep 21, 2007
  9. fromcvs installation [was: cvsimport bug on branches [was: conversion to git]]Steffen Prohaska, Sep 22, 2007
  10. Simon 'corecode' SchubertSep 22, 2007
  11. Martin LanghoffSep 22, 2007

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