Re: git cvsimport: new tags not imported on second cvsimport

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Aug 4, 2012, 15:58 UTC
Message-ID: <m2pq76vecd.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <9510482012.20120804170149@gmail.com>

Ilya Basin <basinilya@gmail.com> writes:

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> AS> Ilya Basin <basinilya@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> I made the initial import:
>>>     git cvsimport -d :pserver:user@blackbird:10010/data/cvs/webgui -C SAP -r cvs -k SAP
>>>
>>> edited .git/config:
>>>     [cvsimport]
>>>             module = SAP
>>>             r = cvs
>>>             d = :pserver:user@blackbird:10010/data/cvs/webgui
>>>
>>> did some commits to CVS and created a new tag
>>>
>>> Then ran:
>>>     git cvsimport -ak
>>> To synchronize with CVS.
>>>
>>> The new commits were imported, but the new tag wasn't.
>
> AS> cvsimport never reconsiders changesets that were already imported, so if
> AS> the tag was added to such a changeset it won't be seen.
>
> AS> Andreas.
>
>
> Do you mean, if I tag BEFORE cvsimport, it will be imported?

If you tag one of the new commits it will be imported.

> How to make the git repo "forget" the last cvsimport?

Reset the branch back to before the import.

Andreas.

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