# Problem with cvsimport

1 messages from 2008-01-30 to 2008-01-30. Participants: picca.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/11801

## picca, 2008-01-30 10:53

Subject: Problem with cvsimport
Message-ID: <20080130115308.760d6e20@synchrotron-soleil.Fr>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080130115308.760d6e20%40synchrotron-soleil.Fr

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Hello


When I try to import a project into git with the cvsimport tool, it
works fine most of the time. I obtain a clean repository without all
thoses CVS directories.

But sometimes during the import the cvs server hang and i need to do
Ctrl+C the restart the command.
cvsimport skip the already downloaded patchset but at the end I obtain
this message

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Generating pack...
Done counting 1534 objects.
Deltifying 1534 objects...
 100% (1534/1534) done
Writing 1534 objects...
 100% (1534/1534) done
Total 1534 (delta 1160), reused 0 (delta 0)
Pack pack-8fb4f1c25c831ba29c7bd53989cb1b445b60bc07 created.
Removing unused objects 100%...
Done.
DONE.
fatal: Needed a single revision
Can merge only exactly one commit into empty head
Could not merge origin into the current branch.
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So to resume:
* In one shoot no problem at the end cvsimport checkout the
right head.
* multiple shoot impossible to merge origin into the current branch.

How this problem can be solved ?

Thanks

Frederic

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