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| author |  Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2016-09-22 03:26:28 -0400 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-09-22 11:23:45 -0700 |
| commit | 106b672adee17391e80c34913c8383e6b426b466 (patch) | |
| tree | 9150f58f63229a46efe54aa6ba0971da91e5f539 /Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt | |
| parent | docs/cvs-migration: update link to cvsps homepage (diff) | |
| download | tgif-106b672adee17391e80c34913c8383e6b426b466.tar.xz | |
docs/cvs-migration: mention cvsimport caveats
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 <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt index faee5c21dc..4c6143c511 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 |