# git-cvsimport problem

2 messages from 2008-05-07 to 2008-05-28. Participants: Alenoosh Baghumian, Madhu.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13413

## Alenoosh Baghumian, 2008-05-07 11:30

Subject: git-cvsimport problem
Message-ID: <482192B9.2010406@opensourceclub.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/482192B9.2010406%40opensourceclub.org

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Hi all

I run git-cvsimport in verbose mode and I see "* UNKNOWN LINE * 
Branches:" many times during execution , will that cause any problem ?
And my repository doesn't include any branches ? so why do I see this 
message ?

Thanks in advance .
Alenoosh

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## Madhu, 2008-05-28 12:15

Subject: Re: git-cvsimport problem
Message-ID: <m3iqwytyjy.fsf@meer.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m3iqwytyjy.fsf%40meer.net
In-Reply-To: <482192B9.2010406@opensourceclub.org>

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* Alenoosh Baghumian <482192B9.2010406@opensourceclub.org> :
Wrote on Wed, 07 May 2008 16:00:01 +0430:

| I run git-cvsimport in verbose mode and I see "* UNKNOWN LINE *
| Branches:" many times during execution , will that cause any problem ?
| And my repository doesn't include any branches ? so why do I see this
| message ?

You must be using the beta version of cvsps, cvsps-2.2b1

,---- From the CHANGELOG:
| 
| 2.2b1
| - add a new line item in the PatchSet output which indicates which 
|   branches fork off from after this PatchSet.  This is actually
|   the only way to correctly indicate the branching.  The 'Ancestor
|   Branch' thing is actually broken by design, and is now deprecated.
`----

git-cvsimport uses the -A ancestor mechanism (after patching cvsps-2.1
for some corner cases), this ignores the Branches line.

I'd be interested in knowing the git-cvsimport authors' opinion on
reworking it to use the Branches mechanism.
--
Madhu

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