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Pointers to CVS 2 GIT imports and gateways

Subject: Pointers to CVS 2 GIT imports and gateways

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4 messages between May 8, 2005 and May 9, 2005.

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Martin Langhoff· May 8, 2005, 23:16 UTC · lore

I am looking into importing a cvs repo HEAD history into git using cvsps. I read throught the thread where Ingo discussed his import of the kernel sources, but I couldn't find any pointers to what kind of shell magic or other associated scripts were used, and google hasn't helped much either.

How do I feed the patchsets into GIT preserving commit msgs and other metadata?

A related question follows: is anyone running git -> cvs gateways, and how?

pointers to TFM will be much appreciated ;)

cheers,

martin

H. Peter Anvin· May 9, 2005, 04:48 UTC · re: Martin Langhoff · lore

Re: Pointers to CVS 2 GIT imports and gateways

Martin Langhoff wrote:

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> A related question follows: is anyone running git -> cvs gateways, and how? 
>

What would be the point? The reason for bkcvs was that bk wasn't available to everyone.

	-hpa

Martin Langhoff· May 9, 2005, 05:41 UTC · re: H. Peter Anvin · lore

Re: Pointers to CVS 2 GIT imports and gateways

On 5/9/05, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:

> What would be the point?  The reason for bkcvs was that bk wasn't
> available to everyone.

Ease of transition for other automated tasks, perhaps? I don't know what bits and pieces of infrastructure hang from the old BK-CVS changeset distribution infrastructure.

Some projects do count on CVS gateways even if they use smarter SCMs. This is not just because of licensing issues -- sometimes portability and preexisting tools trump SCM changes.

regards,

martin

H. Peter Anvin· May 9, 2005, 13:30 UTC · re: Martin Langhoff · lore

Re: Pointers to CVS 2 GIT imports and gateways

Martin Langhoff wrote:

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> Ease of transition for other automated tasks, perhaps? I don't know
> what bits and pieces of infrastructure hang from the old BK-CVS
> changeset distribution infrastructure.
>

None.  That was all owned by Bitmover.

	-hpa