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Re: GIT-CVS sync script

From
Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date
Jun 28, 2005, 19:33 UTC
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<pan.2005.06.28.19.33.40.876796@smurf.noris.de>
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Hi, Panagiotis Issaris wrote:
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> I find the included script useful to easily track a CVS repository in
> GIT. You can both call it for the initial import and ofcourse for the
> subsequent resynchronisation with the parent CVS repository (that's what
> the script's about).
>

Hmm, my Perl script (just posted...) should do the same thing without depending on .git* files which may or may not still exist when you do an incremental import half a year later.

Can you test whether that script works for you?
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  1. Panagiotis IssarisJun 28, 2005
  2. Matthias UrlichsJun 28, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsJun 28, 2005

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