# Visual SourceSafe -> Git?

2 messages from 2008-05-27 to 2008-05-27. Participants: Chris Hoffman, Stephen Sinclair.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13689

## Chris Hoffman, 2008-05-27 13:20

Subject: Visual SourceSafe -> Git?
Message-ID: <63c5d3820805270620t1fefdf95q6407bd053a2daa88@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/63c5d3820805270620t1fefdf95q6407bd053a2daa88%40mail.gmail.com

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Hello,

Is there a tutorial/script out there that would allow one to convert
an old-and-busted VSS repo to Git?  I was thinking about going the
subversion route, but I still have nightmares of the days when I was
having to do complex merges.

Thanks!

-Chris

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## Stephen Sinclair, 2008-05-27 13:40

Subject: Re: Visual SourceSafe -> Git?
Message-ID: <9b3e2dc20805270640t160e7865of9b112fc0f297c4f@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/9b3e2dc20805270640t160e7865of9b112fc0f297c4f%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <63c5d3820805270620t1fefdf95q6407bd053a2daa88@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi Chris,

I've done this using vss2svn:
http://www.pumacode.org/projects/vss2svn/wiki/RunningTheMigration
Then imported the svn using git-svn.

It works great, at least for my simple use case.
Of course, the actually VSS history is pretty useless since no one at
my company knows how to use version control (i.e., no comments) but at
least it's there if I need it. :)
I have no idea if this handles branching and such.

Steve


On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Chris Hoffman
<chris.c.hoffman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a tutorial/script out there that would allow one to convert
> an old-and-busted VSS repo to Git?  I was thinking about going the
> subversion route, but I still have nightmares of the days when I was
> having to do complex merges.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Chris
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