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

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Sep 21, 2007, 15:42 UTC
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
> 
> Hard to say. The best is to avoid git-cvsimport if you need
> to import branches correctly.

Yes. git-cvsimport started out as a pretty quick hack, and depends on cvsps which is another fairly hacky thing.

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.

			Linus
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Message 3 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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