The cvs2svn project also has a cvs2git tool. http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/
HTH, Ben ----- Original Message ---- > From: "fe...@crowfix.com" <fe...@crowfix.com> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 12:02:58 AM > Subject: [gentoo-user] Converting RCS/CVS to git > > I have a small RCS repository which I would like to convert to git. > It has no branches, no subdirs, and only a few files. > > I found one conversion utility which claimed to convert directly from > RCS to git, but it failed, and I no longer remember its name or how it > failed, other than it sounded like more than a simple failure. > > I can convert it to CVS manually simply enough. > > I found git has a cvsimport command, but it complained that cvs didn't > recognize the server command, and some hints I saw of requiring cvs 2 > made me pause ... all I can see is cvs 1.12. Vague fuzzy old memories > make me think there was a cvs 2, but I see nothing in gentoo for it. > I am not excited at git expecting a cvs server; I'll be danged if I'm > going to muck around with that just to convert a few files when git > has direct access to the ,v files themselves. > > Anyone have any suggestions? Don't feed me google pages; I am asking > for personal experience. It would also be interesting to know what > this cvs 2 business is. It's hard to google for that ... > > -- > ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. > Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / fe...@crowfix.com > GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 > I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of > room >o > >
