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cvs2git and file permissions

Subject: cvs2git and file permissions

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3 messages between Jun 18, 2005 and Jun 18, 2005.

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Sven Verdoolaege· Jun 18, 2005, 20:52 UTC · lore

cvs2git currently drops mode information. I've been bitten by this behaviour twice already. The patch below fixes that, though not very cleanly.

skimo -- git-cvs2git: propagate mode information

Let cvs checkout in a temporary directory rather than using the pipe option to avoid loss of mode information.

Signed-off-by: Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@liacs.nl>

--- commit df97fd9b709bd927f15adbc1a90ddfcfa79c7895 tree 0f223f52fdf7d61d7d1df0da1137a542811d27f9 parent fdf95bf8d4d1182db579bd25fe5e25811084eaa6 author Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 22:41:46 +0200 committer Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 22:41:46 +0200

 cvs2git.c |    9 +++++++--
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cvs2git.c b/cvs2git.c
--- a/cvs2git.c
+++ b/cvs2git.c
@@ -196,10 +196,15 @@ static void update_file(char *line)
 	}
 
 	dir = strrchr(name, '/');
-	if (dir)
+	if (dir) {
 		printf("mkdir -p %.*s\n", (int)(dir - name), name);
+		printf("mkdir -p .git-tmp/%.*s\n", (int)(dir - name), name);
+	}
 
-	printf("cvs -q -d %s checkout -r%s -p '%s/%s' > '%s'\n", cvsroot, version, cvsmodule, name, name);
+	printf("cvs -q -d %s checkout -N -d .git-tmp -r%s '%s/%s'\n", 
+		cvsroot, version, cvsmodule, name);
+	printf("mv -f .git-tmp/%s/%s %s\n", cvsmodule, name, name);
+	printf("rm -rf .git-tmp\n");
 	printf("git-update-cache --add -- '%s'\n", name);
 }

Linus Torvalds· Jun 18, 2005, 21:23 UTC · re: Sven Verdoolaege · lore

Re: cvs2git and file permissions

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Sven Verdoolaege wrote:

> 
> Let cvs checkout in a temporary directory rather than
> using the pipe option to avoid loss of mode information.

Hmm.. Why do you use the "-N" flag?

Wouldn't it be much cleaner to _not_ create all those sub-directories under ".git-tmp", and instead do something like

	"cvs -q -d %s checkout -d .git-tmp -r%s '%s/%s'" ...
	"mv -f .git-tmp/%s %s\n", dir ? dir+1 : name, name

With that changed (and tested ;), I'll happily take it.

		Linus

Sven Verdoolaege· Jun 18, 2005, 22:31 UTC · re: Linus Torvalds · lore

Re: cvs2git and file permissions

On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 02:23:48PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Sven Verdoolaege wrote:
> > 
> > Let cvs checkout in a temporary directory rather than
> > using the pipe option to avoid loss of mode information.
> 
> Hmm.. Why do you use the "-N" flag?

I didn't quite know how to interpret the "as short as possible" in

              Use the -d dir option to create a directory  called
              dir  for  the  working  files, instead of using the
              module name.  Unless you also  use  -N,  the  paths
              created under dir will be as short as possible.

It would appear you do.

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> Wouldn't it be much cleaner to _not_ create all those sub-directories 
> under ".git-tmp", and instead do something like
> 
> 	"cvs -q -d %s checkout -d .git-tmp -r%s '%s/%s'" ...
> 	"mv -f .git-tmp/%s %s\n", dir ? dir+1 : name, name
> 
> With that changed (and tested ;), I'll happily take it.

Seems to work.

The rm is still needed though.  Without it, cvs can get confused.

skimo -- git-cvs2git: propagate mode information

Let cvs checkout in a temporary directory rather than using the pipe option to avoid loss of mode information.

Signed-off-by: Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@liacs.nl>

--- commit 188ea2ee70413147fc1b80fedc3fbee02843e590 tree f122fcf591013aff299a4d072eed47255892d3a1 parent fdf95bf8d4d1182db579bd25fe5e25811084eaa6 author Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:55:49 +0200 committer Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:55:49 +0200

 cvs2git.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cvs2git.c b/cvs2git.c
--- a/cvs2git.c
+++ b/cvs2git.c
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ static void update_file(char *line)
 	if (dir)
 		printf("mkdir -p %.*s\n", (int)(dir - name), name);
 
-	printf("cvs -q -d %s checkout -r%s -p '%s/%s' > '%s'\n", cvsroot, version, cvsmodule, name, name);
+	printf("cvs -q -d %s checkout -d .git-tmp -r%s '%s/%s'\n", 
+		cvsroot, version, cvsmodule, name);
+	printf("mv -f .git-tmp/%s %s\n", dir ? dir+1 : name, name);
+	printf("rm -rf .git-tmp\n");
 	printf("git-update-cache --add -- '%s'\n", name);
 }