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git-cvsimport(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-cvsimport - Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>]
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[-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>]
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[-C <git_repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>]
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[-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commitlimit>]
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[-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS_module>]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Imports a CVS repository into git. It will either create a new
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repository, or incrementally import into an existing one.
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Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'.
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At least version 2.1 is required.
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*WARNING:* for certain situations the import leads to incorrect results.
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Please see the section <<issues,ISSUES>> for further reference.
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You should *never* do any work of your own on the branches that are
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created by 'git cvsimport'. By default initial import will create and populate a
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"master" branch from the CVS repository's main branch which you're free
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to work with; after that, you need to 'git merge' incremental imports, or
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any CVS branches, yourself. It is advisable to specify a named remote via
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-r to separate and protect the incoming branches.
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If you intend to set up a shared public repository that all developers can
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read/write, or if you want to use linkgit:git-cvsserver[1], then you
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probably want to make a bare clone of the imported repository,
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and use the clone as the shared repository.
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See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7].
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OPTIONS
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-------
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-v::
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Verbosity: let 'cvsimport' report what it is doing.
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-d <CVSROOT>::
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The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote;
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currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods
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are supported. If not given, 'git cvsimport' will try to read it
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from `CVS/Root`. If no such file exists, it checks for the
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`CVSROOT` environment variable.
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<CVS_module>::
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The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>.
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If not given, 'git cvsimport' tries to read it from
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`CVS/Repository`.
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-C <target-dir>::
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The git repository to import to. If the directory doesn't
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exist, it will be created. Default is the current directory.
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-r <remote>::
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The git remote to import this CVS repository into.
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Moves all CVS branches into remotes/<remote>/<branch>
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akin to the way 'git clone' uses 'origin' by default.
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-o <branch-for-HEAD>::
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When no remote is specified (via -r) the 'HEAD' branch
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from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within the git
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repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for git.
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When a remote is specified the 'HEAD' branch is named
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remotes/<remote>/master mirroring 'git clone' behaviour.
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Use this option if you want to import into a different
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branch.
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Use '-o master' for continuing an import that was initially done by
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the old cvs2git tool.
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-i::
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Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing. This option
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ensures the working directory and index remain untouched and will
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not create them if they do not exist.
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-k::
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Kill keywords: will extract files with '-kk' from the CVS archive
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to avoid noisy changesets. Highly recommended, but off by default
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to preserve compatibility with early imported trees.
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-u::
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Convert underscores in tag and branch names to dots.
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-s <subst>::
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Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst>
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-p <options-for-cvsps>::
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Additional options for cvsps.
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The options '-u' and '-A' are implicit and should not be used here.
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If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.
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-z <fuzz>::
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Pass the timestamp fuzz factor to cvsps, in seconds. If unset,
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cvsps defaults to 300s.
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-P <cvsps-output-file>::
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Instead of calling cvsps, read the provided cvsps output file. Useful
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for debugging or when cvsps is being handled outside cvsimport.
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-m::
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Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option
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will enable default regexes that try to capture the source
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branch name from the commit message.
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-M <regex>::
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Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom
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regex. It can be used with '-m' to enable the default regexes
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as well. You must escape forward slashes.
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The regex must capture the source branch name in $1.
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This option can be used several times to provide several detection regexes.
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-S <regex>::
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Skip paths matching the regex.
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-a::
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Import all commits, including recent ones. cvsimport by default
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skips commits that have a timestamp less than 10 minutes ago.
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-L <limit>::
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Limit the number of commits imported. Workaround for cases where
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cvsimport leaks memory.
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-A <author-conv-file>::
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CVS by default uses the Unix username when writing its
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commit logs. Using this option and an author-conv-file
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in this format
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+
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exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
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spawn=Simon Pawn <spawn@frog-pond.org>
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'git cvsimport' will make it appear as those authors had
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their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly
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all along.
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For convenience, this data is saved to `$GIT_DIR/cvs-authors`
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each time the '-A' option is provided and read from that same
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file each time 'git cvsimport' is run.
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It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
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export changes back to CVS again later with
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'git cvsexportcommit'.
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-R::
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Generate a `$GIT_DIR/cvs-revisions` file containing a mapping from CVS
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revision numbers to newly-created Git commit IDs. The generated file
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will contain one line for each (filename, revision) pair imported;
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each line will look like
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src/widget.c 1.1 1d862f173cdc7325b6fa6d2ae1cfd61fd1b512b7
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The revision data is appended to the file if it already exists, for use when
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doing incremental imports.
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This option may be useful if you have CVS revision numbers stored in commit
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messages, bug-tracking systems, email archives, and the like.
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-h::
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Print a short usage message and exit.
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OUTPUT
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If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing.
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Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with
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a zero exit status.
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[[issues]]
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ISSUES
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------
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Problems related to timestamps:
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* If timestamps of commits in the CVS repository are not stable enough
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to be used for ordering commits changes may show up in the wrong
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order.
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* If any files were ever "cvs import"ed more than once (e.g., import of
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more than one vendor release) the HEAD contains the wrong content.
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* If the timestamp order of different files cross the revision order
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within the commit matching time window the order of commits may be
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wrong.
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Problems related to branches:
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* Branches on which no commits have been made are not imported.
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* All files from the branching point are added to a branch even if
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never added in CVS.
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* This applies to files added to the source branch *after* a daughter
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branch was created: if previously no commit was made on the daughter
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branch they will erroneously be added to the daughter branch in git.
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Problems related to tags:
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* Multiple tags on the same revision are not imported.
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If you suspect that any of these issues may apply to the repository you
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want to import consider using these alternative tools which proved to be
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more stable in practice:
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* cvs2git (part of cvs2svn), `http://cvs2svn.tigris.org`
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* parsecvs, `http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~keithp/parsecvs`
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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