X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-cvsimport.txt;h=b7a8c10b8709108c1c8a0d14f661c179c2b4f22c;hb=1973b0d790155b5d8a32a6f7401116fad2205721;hp=ed79bb8d5bcae61d59197083a3e264c83992a4df;hpb=7d3580d74c6d801419dd91416f9a81750b7d4e2c;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index ed79bb8d5..b7a8c10b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -25,12 +25,18 @@ Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'. At least version 2.1 is required. You should *never* do any work of your own on the branches that are -created by `git-cvsimport`. By default initial import will create and populate a +created by 'git-cvsimport'. By default initial import will create and populate a "master" branch from the CVS repository's main branch which you're free -to work with; after that, you need to `git-merge` incremental imports, or +to work with; after that, you need to 'git-merge' incremental imports, or any CVS branches, yourself. It is advisable to specify a named remote via -r to separate and protect the incoming branches. +If you intend to set up a shared public repository that all developers can +read/write, or if you want to use linkgit:git-cvsserver[1], then you +probably want to make a bare clone of the imported repository, +and use the clone as the shared repository. +See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]. + OPTIONS ------- @@ -40,13 +46,13 @@ OPTIONS -d :: 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. If not given, `git-cvsimport` will try to read it + are supported. If not given, 'git-cvsimport' will try to read it from `CVS/Root`. If no such file exists, it checks for the `CVSROOT` environment variable. :: The CVS module you want to import. Relative to . - If not given, `git-cvsimport` tries to read it from + If not given, 'git-cvsimport' tries to read it from `CVS/Repository`. -C :: @@ -56,14 +62,14 @@ OPTIONS -r :: The git remote to import this CVS repository into. Moves all CVS branches into remotes// - akin to the `git-clone` "--use-separate-remote" option. + akin to the 'git-clone' "--use-separate-remote" option. -o :: When no remote is specified (via -r) the 'HEAD' branch from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within the git repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for git. When a remote is specified the 'HEAD' branch is named - remotes//master mirroring `git-clone` behaviour. + remotes//master mirroring 'git-clone' behaviour. Use this option if you want to import into a different branch. + @@ -136,17 +142,17 @@ This option can be used several times to provide several detection regexes. --------- + -`git-cvsimport` will make it appear as those authors had +'git-cvsimport' will make it appear as those authors had their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly all along. + For convenience, this data is saved to `$GIT_DIR/cvs-authors` each time the '-A' option is provided and read from that same -file each time `git-cvsimport` is run. +file each time 'git-cvsimport' is run. + It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to export changes back to CVS again later with -`git-cvsexportcommit`. +'git-cvsexportcommit'. -h:: Print a short usage message and exit.