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git-cvsimport-script(1)
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v0.1, July 2005

NAME
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git-cvsimport-script - Import a CVS repository into git


SYNOPSIS
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'git-cvsimport-script' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ]
[ -d <CVSROOT> ] [ -p <options-for-cvsps> ]
<CVS_module> [ <GIT_repository> ]


DESCRIPTION
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Imports a CVS repository into git. It will either create a new
repository, or incrementally import into an existing one.

Spitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'.
At least version 2.1 is required.

OPTIONS
-------
-d <CVSROOT>::
The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote;
currently, only the :pserver: access method is supported.

-o <branch-for-HEAD>::
The 'HEAD' branch from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within
the git repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for git.
Use this option if you want to import into a different branch.

Use '-o master' for continuing an import that was initially done by
the old cvs2git tool.

-p <options-for-cvsps>::
Additional options for cvsps.
The options '-x' and '-A' are implicit and should not be used here.

If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.

-v::
Verbosity: let 'cvsimport' report what it is doing.

<CVS_module>::
The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>.

<type>::
Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
for a type that can trivially dereferenced from the given
<object> is also permitted. An example is to ask for a
"tree" with <object> being a commit object that contains it,
or to ask for a "blob" with <object> being a tag object that
points at it.

-h::
Print a short usage message and exit.

OUTPUT
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If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing.

Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with
a zero exit status.


Author
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Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>, with help from
various participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

Documentation
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Documentation by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.

GIT
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Part of the link:git.html[git] suite

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