I did this: mkdir nvi cd nvi git clone git://repo.or.cz/nvi.git cd nvi git fast-export --all | fossil import ../nvi.fossil cd .. mkdir n2 cd n2 fossil open ../nvi.fossil
The result was a directory full of files. And I could do "fossil ui" to see the complete development timeline, and so forth. On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Chad Perrin <c...@apotheon.net> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 03:47:31PM -0500, Richard Hipp wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Chad Perrin <c...@apotheon.net> wrote: > > > > > Trying to fork/import from Git is kinda problematic. I started by > > > creating a new project on a server: > > > > > > $ fossil init projectname.fossil > > > > > > I then cloned locally: > > > > > > $ fossil clone <u...@uri.for/projectname/index.cgi> > projectname.fossil > > > > > > I imported from Git: > > > > > > $ git fast-export --all | fossil import --git --incremental \ > > > /path/to/projectname.fossil > > > > > > I opened the repository: > > > > > > $ mkdir projectname; cd projectname > > > fossil open /path/to/projectname.fossil > > > > > > > The above should be all you need to do. It should just work. And it > does > > "just work" for every git repository that I've tried, though that is, > > admittedly, not that many repos. > > > > If you are willing to share with us the specific repo you are trying to > > import, prehaps the developers can try it and discover what's going > wrong. > > git://repo.or.cz/nvi.git > > For reference, I'm using . . . > > $ fossil version > This is fossil version 1.28 [3d49f04587] 2014-01-27 17:33:44 UTC > > . . . on FreeBSD, installed from ports, with the JSON and STATIC options > both selected at build time. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org
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