Re: Problem with git-cvsimport

[Jan Wielemaker <wielemak@science.uva.nl>]

On Tuesday 09 October 2007 11:25, Thomas Pasch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> using git-cvsimport (1.5.3.4), it dies with
>
> Update
> guidance-common/src/java/com/jentro/manager/guidance/common/servlet/IconSer
>vlet.java: 2104 bytes
> Tree ID 01cb84cbee2e70a712459be6601b993603eed5bd
> Parent ID dcd8dc76f4638d1994165070c9813202992d546a
> Committed patch 3775 (bmw +0000 2004-10-14 11:10:43)
> Commit ID 53c68066f71651b057884e1101cda3967070724d
> Fetching
> guidance-common/src/java/com/jentro/manager/guidance/common/serverapi/Guida
>nceException.java v 1.14.4.2
> Update
> guidance-common/src/java/com/jentro/manager/guidance/common/serverapi/Guida
>nceException.java: 3718 bytes
> Tree ID 886268190ac2cb28b5f1e6cdb309054bcb8fa38e
> Parent ID 53c68066f71651b057884e1101cda3967070724d
> Merge parent branch: master
> fatal: Not a valid object name master
> Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 766.
> Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at
> /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 527.
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
> /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 767.
> Cannot get commit id ():
>
> What can I do to avoid this problem?

I've had some similar problem.  I've converted two big old repositories by
first converting to SVN using:

	cvs2svn -s myrepo-svn /path/to/cvsmodule
	git-svnimport -i -u -C /path/to-git file://myrepo-svn

Worked like a charm

	Cheers --- Jan