Re: importing cvs logical modules

> On 5/25/06, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 5/25/06, Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The tight linkage is absolutely essential.
>>>
>>> When we tag the system, we
>>> want to tag everything (not individually tag all 300 programs)
>>> so that later we can to branch at that tag. Very few of our
>>
>> Then you want a single git repo/tree/project. The thing is how to work
>> through your mangled CVS history.
>>
>> Two options there...
>>
>>  - Don't. Import from after the last directory reorg or from your last
>> interesting release. Keep the cvs tree for people who really want to
>> dig into the past. this has several advantages, as initial checkouts
>> will be faster, import times shorter, less pain overall.
> 
> Yes, this is definitely on the shortlist of options.
> If we can't keep all the history, we may as well make
> a clean start. Thanks for the advice.