Re: [Denemo-devel] Git is up to date with cvs

[Richard Shann]

Good news - while I haven't made the time to do anything much with the
Git, I'm sure I will get to grips with it. However, allow me one last
check-in under CVS, as I have a significant piece of work to contribute.
(See following email)
Richard




On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 15:57 -0500, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 19:57 +0200, Jean-René Reinhard wrote:
> > It worked out fine. I've got the history starting from beginning 2007 where 
> > a
> > cvs import which dod not conserve history happened.
> > 
> 
> Ok. I will see about pulling the history before 2007 off of sourceforge
> if I can.
> 
> > Is git going to become the reference once this is sorted out?
> 
> The advice you gave me worked. I used a fresh directory and pulled cvs
> into it. I then copied all with cp -r into my git directory and then
> committed and pushed it up.  I don't know if you can make them the same
> directory. Did not work for me. There is some warning about using the
> cvs import directory for work anyway. 
> 
> I am ready to switch over. I am not sure if Richard has had time to use
> it much. I read that people can do cvs commits to git repositories. I am
> not sure but I think savannah's cvs server emulation only supports
> pserver though. Pserver is anonymous readonly isn't it? I may be wrong.
> If it support ext that would be an easy transition. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremiah  
> 
> 
> > Cheers,
> > Jean-René
> > 
> > Le Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:01:29AM -0500, Jeremiah Benham écrivait:
> > > On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 18:34 +0200, Jean-René Reinhard wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:12:41AM -0500, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
> > > > > The git repository is not up to date (AFAIK) with cvs. Feel free to 
> > > > > play
> > > > > around with it. I learned how to do a few things and after using it a
> > > > > little bit it really resonates with me.  To check out:
> > > 
> > > I am still learning git. I can't figure out how to import cvs history
> > > into it. Everytime I try it gives me this error after running this
> > > command:
> > > 
> > > git-cvsimport -A ./authors.txt -p x -v
> > > -d :pserver:address@hidden:/sources/denemo denemo
> > > 
> > > fatal: Needed a single revision
> > > Branch 'origin' does not exist.
> > > Either use the correct '-o branch' option,
> > > or import to a new repository.
> > > 
> > > Do you know enough about git to know what is going on. I rsynced a copy
> > > of the entire CVSROOT tree. I have access to the history file. 
> > > 
> > > Jeremiah
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > git clone ssh://address@hidden/srv/git/denemo.git
> > > > > 
> > > > > replace $USERNAME with your username.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > how do I get a username? I don't need push access, but it would be nice 
> > > > to work
> > > > with git. For one thing, maintainers could be pulling from my public 
> > > > repository,
> > > > which would be cleaner as sending patches.
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Jean-René
> > > > 
> > > > > git commit -a -m "update with cvs Thursday, May 08 2008"
> > > > > 
> > > > > The checks every file for change and select the changed files for
> > > > > committing.  The -m is the message. -a means everything. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > The after the files are marked for commitment then you do this:
> > > > > 
> > > > > git push
> > > > > 
> > > > > Jeremiah
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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