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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | 12 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 9f0d990804..ca7579d9f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -57,7 +57,17 @@ looks like ------ No special setup is needed for SSH access, other than having GIT tools in the PATH. If you have clients that do not accept the CVS_SERVER -env variable, you can rename git-cvsserver to cvs. +environment variable, you can rename git-cvsserver to cvs. + +Note: Newer cvs versions (>= 1.12.11) also support specifying +CVS_SERVER directly in CVSROOT like + +------ +cvs -d ":ext;CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver:user@server/path/repo.git" co <HEAD_name> +------ +This has the advantage that it will be saved in your 'CVS/Root' files and +you don't need to worry about always setting the correct environment +variable. -- 2. For each repo that you want accessible from CVS you need to edit config in the repo and add the following section. |