From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert Subject: Re: cvsimport/cvsps: wrong revisions in branch Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:35:30 +0100 Message-ID: <45B8C032.7020004@fs.ei.tum.de> References: <20070125142242.1402.qmail@b4b5deb4d44aa3.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig41FC0FDE164E48733427D080" To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Jan 25 15:35:44 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HA5hW-0004Ct-OC for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:35:43 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965380AbXAYOfj (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:35:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965387AbXAYOfj (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:35:39 -0500 Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de ([129.187.54.7]:32984 "EHLO stella.fs.ei.tum.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965380AbXAYOfi (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:35:38 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E8CA281C0 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:35:37 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at fs.ei.tum.de Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (stella.fs.ei.tum.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Wmfa00U9gcLe for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:35:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from [62.216.203.191] (ppp-62-216-203-191.dynamic.mnet-online.de [62.216.203.191]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by stella.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40F4E281BB for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:35:36 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060619) In-Reply-To: <20070125142242.1402.qmail@b4b5deb4d44aa3.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig41FC0FDE164E48733427D080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gerrit Pape wrote: > Hi, I struggle with importing a CVS repository into git to switch over > development. In some branches there're differences in the source code > after importing into git. We tracked this down to tags and branches > that where tagged partially in CVS, first a tag was set on one > subdirectory tree (sources), later on another subdirectory tree (docs).= > This confuses cvsimport or cvsps, the tag in git after import doesn't > match the tag in CVS. how do you expect this to ever work? your tag is not a time stable one. = the tag spans multiple change sets. best forget the whole tag thing, se= riously. my cvs converter [1] already has a hard time reproducing branch= es correctly. doing this with tags is impossible. svn can do this becau= se they don't have tags, so it is a kind of fake. of course you could do= this in git as well by actually creating a branch for a tag, but it is r= eally messy. just don't do that. good luck simon [1]: , not 100% yet, but pr= obably the best you can get at the moment. i'm a perfectionist, so i mig= ht never call it "done". --=20 Serve - BSD +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ Work - Mac +++ space for low =E2=82=AC=E2=82=AC=E2=82=AC NOW!1 +++= Campaign \ / Party Enjoy Relax | http://dragonflybsd.org Against HTML \ Dude 2c 2 the max ! http://golden-apple.biz Mail + News / \ --------------enig41FC0FDE164E48733427D080 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (DragonFly) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFuMA1r5S+dk6z85oRAsqhAJ9t6Jb0c+VC+hM0r002/sxud9oueACcDnJ9 1gO45OOQp2GTX0pOBuxTeec= =Fcck -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig41FC0FDE164E48733427D080--