From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B629207EC for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2016 07:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752263AbcIVH1D (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2016 03:27:03 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:46546 "EHLO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750947AbcIVH1C (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2016 03:27:02 -0400 Received: (qmail 20088 invoked by uid 109); 22 Sep 2016 07:26:30 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Thu, 22 Sep 2016 07:26:30 +0000 Received: (qmail 6711 invoked by uid 111); 22 Sep 2016 07:26:43 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Thu, 22 Sep 2016 03:26:43 -0400 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 22 Sep 2016 03:26:28 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 03:26:28 -0400 From: Jeff King To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: esr@thyrsus.com Subject: [PATCH 3/3] docs/cvs-migration: mention cvsimport caveats Message-ID: <20160922072628.rs47hfiowtobw46s@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20160922072350.ivjrfuedodd2rezn@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160922072350.ivjrfuedodd2rezn@sigill.intra.peff.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Back when this guide was written, cvsimport was the only game in town. These days it is probably not the best option. Rather than go into details, let's point people to the note at the top of cvsimport which gives other options. Signed-off-by: Jeff King --- Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt index faee5c2..4c6143c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt @@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ they create are writable and searchable by other group members. Importing a CVS archive ----------------------- +NOTE: These instructions use the `git-cvsimport` script which ships with +git, but other importers may provide better results. See the note in +linkgit:git-cvsimport[1] for other options. + First, install version 2.1 or higher of cvsps from https://github.com/andreyvit/cvsps[https://github.com/andreyvit/cvsps] and make sure it is in your path. Then cd to a checked out CVS working directory -- 2.10.0.482.gae5a597