# Git over cvs

1 messages from 2009-11-24 to 2009-11-24. Participants: Michael J Gruber.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/21738

## Michael J Gruber, 2009-11-24 17:07

Subject: Git over cvs
Message-ID: <4B0C12CA.4060203@drmicha.warpmail.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4B0C12CA.4060203%40drmicha.warpmail.net

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Hi there,

I got so annoyed by (my own incompetence using) cvs on mozdev that I got
myself to use git cvsimport/cvsexportcommit now, just shortly before it
gets obsoleted by the new shiny remote helpers, and knowing how many
failing tests we have for it now.

Setting up a convenient roundtrip with minimal exposure to cvs required
collecting some scattered info. I thought this makes a good first blog
entry (the one after the zeroth) for reference, so in case anyone is
interested:

http://grubix.blogspot.com/2009/11/git-over-cvs.html

I guess it does require some acquaintance with Git, that's intentional.
(In short it uses the combined work tree, -W approach.)

Cheers,
Michael

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