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Re: cvs2git migration - cloning CVS repository

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 3, 2009, 12:55 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0902031348570.6573@intel-tinevez-2-302>
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Hi,
On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Michael Haggerty wrote:
> If you do not have filesystem access to your CVS repository, you might 
> be able to clone it using CVSSuck [2,3].
A substantially faster option would be to go with cvsclone:
	http://samba.org/ftp/tridge/rtc/cvsclone.l

(in my case, cvsclone was not only faster, but it actually worked, too, which is more than I could say of CVSSuck).

Note: it only works for anonymous access so far.

Note also: for my use case, it was necessary to edit the rlog, as those brilliant geniuses included verbatim cvs logs for files they moved. *sigh* If you need something like that, I can give you my patched version.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Rostislav SvobodaFeb 2, 2009
  2. Michael HaggertyFeb 3, 2009
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 3, 2009
  4. Michael HaggertyFeb 3, 2009
  5. Christian MICHONFeb 3, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 3, 2009
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