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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Git:  CVS to Git import
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Jvsrvcs <jvsrvcs@gmail.com> writes:

> Git:  CVS to Git import
>=20
> We are moving from CVS to Git and want to know if anyone has had any
> experience there doing this and could share do's  / dont's, best prac=
tices
> when doing the initial import.
>=20
> Also are there any known problems/bugs with the cvs to git import wit=
h
> regards to CVS history?

I think that Eric S Raymond "DVCS Migration Guide"

   http://www.catb.org/esr/dvcs-migration-guide.html

and reposurgeon tool (to clean up conversion artifacts)

   http://www.catb.org/esr/reposurgeon/

might help.

--=20
Jakub Nar=EAbski