# Does git-cvsserver expect all changes to be via CVS?

2 messages from 2007-01-26 to 2007-01-26. Participants: Andy Parkins.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/6543

## Andy Parkins, 2007-01-26 10:37

Subject: Does git-cvsserver expect all changes to be via CVS?
Message-ID: <200701261037.13948.andyparkins@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200701261037.13948.andyparkins%40gmail.com

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Hello,

Still messing around with git-cvsserver.  It's behaving very strangely, and it 
occurred to me that I have not appreciated that there might be a limitation 
in it.

Here's what I did.

* CVS user checks out a branch from the repository
* CVS user adds new directory and files
* CVS user checks them in
* git user updates a tracking branch and then working branch to
  match latest
* git user makes changes to same files
* git user checks in and pushes the branch
* CVS user runs cvs update

CVS user can't see the changes; forced updates simply checkout the same files 
he's just checked in.

I deleted the sqlite table from the git repository and ran the CVS update 
again and this time the changed files arrived (but only after a forced 
update).

My question then is: does git-cvsserver require that all changes go via 
itself?  Does it expect you not to use normal git on that repository any 
more?


Andy
-- 
Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE
andyparkins@gmail.com

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## Andy Parkins, 2007-01-26 11:31

Subject: Re: Does git-cvsserver expect all changes to be via CVS?
Message-ID: <200701261131.41765.andyparkins@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200701261131.41765.andyparkins%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <200701261037.13948.andyparkins@gmail.com>

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On Friday 2007 January 26 10:37, Andy Parkins wrote:

> Still messing around with git-cvsserver.  It's behaving very strangely, and

Please ignore.  Was using old version of git-cvsserver on the remote end.


Andy

-- 
Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE
andyparkins@gmail.com

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