From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Ping Yin" Subject: Re: [PATCH] cvsps/cvsimport: fix branch point calculation and broken branch imports Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:51:07 +0800 Message-ID: <46dff0320804262251g3a0f12b2rb9197fc07ea57c51@mail.gmail.com> References: <1207100091.10532.64.camel@gandalf.cobite.com> <0C7AA499-56AD-4D20-AED0-9E7DDD0C77DF@zib.de> <1207230582.17329.39.camel@gandalf.cobite.com> <47F5FA79.8010604@alum.mit.edu> <1207590845.17329.98.camel@gandalf.cobite.com> <47FC2190.3070303@alum.mit.edu> <46dff0320804262206p76941ee8la6a784ed0b6f8294@mail.gmail.com> <48141379.9030306@alum.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "David Mansfield" , "Steffen Prohaska" , git@vger.kernel.org To: "Michael Haggerty" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Apr 27 07:52:07 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jpzns-0006Gy-P8 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:52:01 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752091AbYD0FvQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:51:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752052AbYD0FvQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:51:16 -0400 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.246]:35487 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751877AbYD0FvO (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:51:14 -0400 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d31so1097624and.103 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:51:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=a3zwY/vGY+JJ6J5Sk+C6xavN/SLl4fuFRQ5AZouh14Y=; b=e6q8mpbj9mNlymay+hal9DWt+/5G+S/PDRbHymAS9+HzKXFY/WDBg+POauehXV0lrMeSpFKOg8LpPaea0bWuahhQOM0aVVm42CKdNH7c8ZbPQxvSrwrKNLJ/8V5XMzo2S1OS/Cs+xxlk0xWccf/QQEr+LtA/b9SNHY/t5arpyEM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qOHkZR5JjXwEZ46CvPdZrQwTkvwSYo0+3/62ShJpZ59/9Erj4sHiHQ8MAj3aEylgbH8w7ML2ccOwUaGgyAmoE2PLw3c5IaA/4CbU9kbtT8acA5tQG4hW0PxCPa7NIEPsQ9PCkO9DfUXWwZ9x7CxS/LL2FMHB0vZxtcNfGgSZxPg= Received: by 10.100.110.16 with SMTP id i16mr10073297anc.40.1209275468120; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:51:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.32.10 with HTTP; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:51:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <48141379.9030306@alum.mit.edu> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Michael Haggerty wrote: > Ping Yin wrote: > > These days i tried to convert the cvs repository into git. I really > > want the conversion to be as accurate as possible. However, the cvs > > repository has been tagged in a very bad style which makes > > git-cvsimport or cvsps not work well. > > > > cvs2git sounds to be the right tool i should try. Unfortualely, i > > can't touch the cvs repository directly. So is it possible to use > > cvs2git in the remote host instead of the host of the cvs repository > > just as git-cvsimport does? Yes, i know it can't now. I just wonder > > whether it is possible to implement. > > cvs2svn/cvs2git itself can't work with remote repositories. It would be > enough if you could just get a copy of the repository; obviously you > don't need to use the original. > > If you can't get a copy of the CVS repository directly, you might be > able to recreate it indirectly via information read over the CVS > protocol using a tool like CVSsuck [1,2]. I have no experience with > CVSsuck, so if you try it out, please let us know whether you were > successful. > THX. If i try out cvssuck, i will let you know. -- Ping Yin