Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt

   1 git-cvsimport(1)
   2 ================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-cvsimport - Import a CVS repository into git
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 'git-cvsimport' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ]
  12                         [ -d <CVSROOT> ] [ -p <options-for-cvsps> ]
  13                         [ -C <git_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -k ]
  14                         [ -s <subst> ] [ -m ] [ -M regex ] [ <CVS_module> ]
  15
  16
  17 DESCRIPTION
  18 -----------
  19 Imports a CVS repository into git. It will either create a new
  20 repository, or incrementally import into an existing one.
  21
  22 Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'.
  23 At least version 2.1 is required.
  24
  25 OPTIONS
  26 -------
  27 -d <CVSROOT>::
  28         The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote;
  29         currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods
  30         are supported.
  31
  32 -C <target-dir>::
  33         The git repository to import to.  If the directory doesn't
  34         exist, it will be created.  Default is the current directory.
  35
  36 -i::
  37         Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing.  This option
  38         ensures the working directory and cache remain untouched and will
  39         not create them if they do not exist.
  40
  41 -k::
  42         Kill keywords: will extract files with -kk from the CVS archive
  43         to avoid noisy changesets. Highly recommended, but off by default
  44         to preserve compatibility with early imported trees.
  45
  46 -u::
  47         Convert underscores in tag and branch names to dots.
  48
  49 -o <branch-for-HEAD>::
  50         The 'HEAD' branch from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within
  51         the git repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for git.
  52         Use this option if you want to import into a different branch.
  53 +
  54 Use '-o master' for continuing an import that was initially done by
  55 the old cvs2git tool.
  56
  57 -p <options-for-cvsps>::
  58         Additional options for cvsps.
  59         The options '-u' and '-A' are implicit and should not be used here.
  60 +
  61 If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.
  62
  63 -m::
  64         Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option
  65         will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source
  66         branch name from the commit message.
  67
  68 -M <regex>::
  69         Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom
  70         regex. It can be used with -m to also see the default regexes.
  71         You must escape forward slashes.
  72
  73 -v::
  74         Verbosity: let 'cvsimport' report what it is doing.
  75
  76 <CVS_module>::
  77         The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>.
  78
  79 -h::
  80         Print a short usage message and exit.
  81
  82 -z <fuzz>::
  83         Pass the timestamp fuzz factor to cvsps.
  84
  85 -s <subst>::
  86         Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst>
  87
  88 OUTPUT
  89 ------
  90 If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing.
  91
  92 Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with
  93 a zero exit status.
  94
  95
  96 Author
  97 ------
  98 Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>, with help from
  99 various participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 100
 101 Documentation
 102 --------------
 103 Documentation by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.
 104
 105 GIT
 106 ---
 107 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
 108