From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Langhoff Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-cvsimport: fix initial checkout Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:29:07 +1300 Message-ID: <47D9B8C3.7000808@catalyst.net.nz> References: <1205435378-10411-1-git-send-email-marcandre.lureau@gmail.com> <47D9A836.9010601@catalyst.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marc-Andr=E9_Lureau?= X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Mar 14 00:30:05 2008 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 1JZws8-0000No-Lv for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:30:05 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753779AbYCMX3L convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:29:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753566AbYCMX3K (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:29:10 -0400 Received: from godel.catalyst.net.nz ([202.78.240.40]:33244 "EHLO mail1.catalyst.net.nz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756598AbYCMX3J (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:29:09 -0400 Received: from leibniz.catalyst.net.nz ([202.78.240.7] helo=[192.168.2.113]) by mail1.catalyst.net.nz with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JZwrE-0002YX-9x; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:29:08 +1300 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Marc-Andr=E9 Lureau wrote: > Yeah, it failed in the middle of a ~4h import, I did not restart it. there are no guarantees then of correctness (there seldom are, but a failed import can leave your repo in a number of odd states...). I'd suggest parsecvs for the initial import of a messy repo. You can continue to do incrementas with cvsimport after the initial import. cheers, m --=20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin @ Catalyst .Net .NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/ PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St NZ: +64(4)916-7224 MOB: +64(21)364-017 UK: 0845 868 5733 ext 7224 Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler - Einstein -----------------------------------------------------------------------