Merge branch 'jk/maint-commit-v-strip'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-cvsserver.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index 1804701c5c8e7e6eb347d201e96cf834b6ca4391..785779e22122156bdc8c58a94d36edb66a8ee266 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 SSH:
 
 [verse]
-export CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver
+export CVS_SERVER="git cvsserver"
 'cvs' -d :ext:user@server/path/repo.git co <HEAD_name>
 
 pserver (/etc/inetd.conf):
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ Note: Newer CVS versions (>= 1.12.11) also support specifying
 CVS_SERVER directly in CVSROOT like
 
 ------
-cvs -d ":ext;CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver:user@server/path/repo.git" co <HEAD_name>
+cvs -d ":ext;CVS_SERVER=git cvsserver:user@server/path/repo.git" co <HEAD_name>
 ------
 This has the advantage that it will be saved in your 'CVS/Root' files and
 you don't need to worry about always setting the correct environment
 variable.  SSH users restricted to 'git-shell' don't need to override the default
 with CVS_SERVER (and shouldn't) as 'git-shell' understands `cvs` to mean
-'git-cvsserver' and pretends that the other end runs the real `cvs` better.
+'git-cvsserver' and pretends that the other end runs the real 'cvs' better.
 --
 2. For each repo that you want accessible from CVS you need to edit config in
    the repo and add the following section.
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ write access to the log file and to the database (see
 <<dbbackend,Database Backend>>. If you want to offer write access over
 SSH, the users of course also need write access to the git repository itself.
 
+You also need to ensure that each repository is "bare" (without a git index
+file) for `cvs commit` to work. See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7].
+
 [[configaccessmethod]]
 All configuration variables can also be overridden for a specific method of
 access. Valid method names are "ext" (for SSH access) and "pserver". The
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ allowing access over SSH.
 --
 ------
      export CVSROOT=:ext:user@server:/var/git/project.git
-     export CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver
+     export CVS_SERVER="git cvsserver"
 ------
 --
 4. For SSH clients that will make commits, make sure their server-side
@@ -280,7 +283,7 @@ To get a checkout with the Eclipse CVS client:
 Protocol notes: If you are using anonymous access via pserver, just select that.
 Those using SSH access should choose the 'ext' protocol, and configure 'ext'
 access on the Preferences->Team->CVS->ExtConnection pane. Set CVS_SERVER to
-'git-cvsserver'. Note that password support is not good when using 'ext',
+"'git cvsserver'". Note that password support is not good when using 'ext',
 you will definitely want to have SSH keys setup.
 
 Alternatively, you can just use the non-standard extssh protocol that Eclipse
@@ -328,7 +331,7 @@ is left blank. But if `gitcvs.allbinary` is set to "guess", then
 the correct '-k' mode will be guessed based on the contents of
 the file.
 
-For best consistency with `cvs`, it is probably best to override the
+For best consistency with 'cvs', it is probably best to override the
 defaults by setting `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` to true,
 and `gitcvs.allbinary` to "guess".