From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2013, #08; Tue, 22) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:13:27 -0800 Message-ID: <7vsj5rhlfs.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <7va9s0n8gv.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20130122234554.GI7498@serenity.lan> <7vobgglpv4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20130123092858.GJ7498@serenity.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Eric S. Raymond" , Chris Rorvick To: John Keeping X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jan 23 18:13:53 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ty3tY-0004Tf-Uy for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:13:53 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756437Ab3AWRNa (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:13:30 -0500 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:38593 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754740Ab3AWRN3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:13:29 -0500 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4347CB4FD; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:13:29 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=adPJHOgmXI9bsBd+Frff8wxstMk=; b=m0EvVN Qu1miioJb0dA3BcQJa+HZK3KmA09rAp6fYThXoeE3IqC5CZNKukoiVeJXL8sGtjJ VfWfuWMV3mt8TrkLCJNRV9+hRSifmZtLXRamN0s073zZtJUXv1aNa3C/JqW0dmqk Rg2mVngaC5Zf7bgMAMppQ6CrmE9wGrNvM5s1w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=DZNJBZPNICzUlAiGdc18FCAdCthV6IXm 2/OX7sFc94AdYkC8wLQCHvKzEhEDW45AyOc7yih3IBk48JfSKxCPSEZuU70TGDZZ RmlBDoJuRQL5FfbITx6d/UCr/So5ie/u0xhglzBYf/bmG3jGKpcBJC2n+eORNdbi 0xuPGBLFlZM= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36813B4FC; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:13:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [98.234.214.94]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 90BCAB4F7; Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:13:28 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20130123092858.GJ7498@serenity.lan> (John Keeping's message of "Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:28:58 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 3486D028-6580-11E2-9CA8-F0CE2E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: John Keeping writes: > My preference would be for something like this, possibly with an > expanded examples section showing how to pipe the output of cvsps-3 or > cvs2git into git-fast-import: > > -- >8 -- > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt > index 9d5353e..20b846e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt > @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ SYNOPSIS > > DESCRIPTION > ----------- > +*WARNING:* `git cvsimport` uses cvsps version 2, which is considered > +deprecated; it does not work with cvsps version 3 and later. If you are > +performing a one-shot import of a CVS repository consider using cvsps-3, > +cvs2git or parsecvs directly. > + > Imports a CVS repository into git. It will either create a new > repository, or incrementally import into an existing one. > > -- 8< -- OK, that is certainly a lot simpler to explain. Is it "it does not work yet with cvsps3", or "it will not ever work with cvsps3"? The impression I am getting is that it is the latter. Also, should we have a suggestion to people who are *not* performing a one-shot import, i.e. doing incremental or bidirectional?