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Martin Langhoff db4b65821e [PATCH] Add merge detection to git-cvsimport
Added -m and -M flags for git-cvsimport to detect merge commits in cvs.
While this trusts the commit message, in repositories where merge commits
indicate 'merged from FOOBRANCH' the import works surprisingly well.

Even if some merges from CVS are bogus or incomplete, the resulting
branches are in better state to go forward (and merge) than without any
merge detection.

Signed-off-by: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2005-08-17 14:53:39 -07:00

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git-cvsimport-script(1)
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v0.1, July 2005
NAME
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git-cvsimport-script - Import a CVS repository into git
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-cvsimport-script' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ]
[ -d <CVSROOT> ] [ -p <options-for-cvsps> ]
[ -C <GIT_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -k ]
[ -s <subst> ] [ -m ] [ -M regex ] [ <CVS_module> ]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Imports a CVS repository into git. It will either create a new
repository, or incrementally import into an existing one.
Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'.
At least version 2.1 is required.
OPTIONS
-------
-d <CVSROOT>::
The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote;
currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods
are supported.
-C <target-dir>::
The GIT repository to import to. If the directory doesn't
exist, it will be created. Default is the current directory.
-i::
Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing. This option
ensures the working directory and cache remain untouched and will
not create them if they do not exist.
-k::
Kill keywords: will extract files with -kk from the CVS archive
to avoid noisy changesets. Highly recommended, but off by default
to preserve compatibility with early imported trees.
-o <branch-for-HEAD>::
The 'HEAD' branch from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within
the git repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for git.
Use this option if you want to import into a different branch.
Use '-o master' for continuing an import that was initially done by
the old cvs2git tool.
-p <options-for-cvsps>::
Additional options for cvsps.
The options '-u' and '-A' are implicit and should not be used here.
If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.
-m::
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option
will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source
branch name from the commit message.
-M <regex>::
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom
regex. It can be used with -m to also see the default regexes.
You must escape forward slashes.
-v::
Verbosity: let 'cvsimport' report what it is doing.
<CVS_module>::
The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>.
-h::
Print a short usage message and exit.
-z <fuzz>::
Pass the timestamp fuzz factor to cvsps.
-s <subst>::
Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst>
OUTPUT
------
If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing.
Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with
a zero exit status.
Author
------
Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>, with help from
various participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
Documentation
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Documentation by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.
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