# rcs import? 3 messages from 2007-04-12 to 2007-04-12. Participants: James Cloos, Simon 'corecode' Schubert, Linus Torvalds. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7627 ## James Cloos, 2007-04-12 11:00 Subject: rcs import? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m3r6qpdfhx.fsf%40lugabout.jhcloos.org ``` Has anyone written import support for rcs repos? (I've a few config hierarchies using RCS I'd like to convert.) -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6 ``` ## Simon 'corecode' Schubert, 2007-04-12 15:09 Subject: Re: rcs import? Message-ID: <461E4B91.5020602@fs.ei.tum.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/461E4B91.5020602%40fs.ei.tum.de In-Reply-To: ``` James Cloos wrote: > Has anyone written import support for rcs repos? > > (I've a few config hierarchies using RCS I'd like to convert.) you can use my fromcvs importer, which should work with RCS repos as well. tell me how it works. cheers simon -- Serve - BSD +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ Work - Mac +++ space for low €€€ NOW!1 +++ Campaign \ / Party Enjoy Relax | http://dragonflybsd.org Against HTML \ Dude 2c 2 the max ! http://golden-apple.biz Mail + News / \ ``` ## Linus Torvalds, 2007-04-12 15:21 Subject: Re: rcs import? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0704120812000.4061%40woody.linux-foundation.org In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, James Cloos wrote: > > Has anyone written import support for rcs repos? > > (I've a few config hierarchies using RCS I'd like to convert.) Just migrate to CVS first, and then use "git cvsimport". CVS obviously *uses* RCS as the individual file format, so migrating a set of RCS files to CVS really is pretty damn trivial. It's basically just copying the RCS *,v files over to the appropriate CVSROOT directory structure and adding some Entries files. I think CVS even comes with a "rcs-to-cvs" conversion script. Yeah, just checked: google for "rcs-to-cvs.sh" (I don't know how well it works, but I can't imagine that it won't do a good job. CVS really largely is "RCS with some scripts around it") Linus ```