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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-07-06 05:20:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-07-06 05:20:31 +0000 |
| commit | ba4b9286c25f18c7ebbb809ee5732a7810377ab6 (patch) | |
| tree | 390507328a7564b65dc803683c34235700b97409 /gitcvs-migration.txt | |
| parent | 05bf9c54a827e48b2b576488f5170a3490b5180e (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-ba4b9286c25f18c7ebbb809ee5732a7810377ab6.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/gitcvs-migration.txt b/gitcvs-migration.txt index 4dc7ec540..aaa7ef737 100644 --- a/gitcvs-migration.txt +++ b/gitcvs-migration.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $ git clone foo.com:/pub/repo.git/ my-project $ cd my-project ------------------------------------------------ -and hack away. The equivalent of `cvs update` is +and hack away. The equivalent of 'cvs update' is ------------------------------------------------ $ git pull origin @@ -46,28 +46,28 @@ them first before running git pull. [NOTE] ================================ -The `pull` command knows where to get updates from because of certain -configuration variables that were set by the first `git-clone` +The 'pull' command knows where to get updates from because of certain +configuration variables that were set by the first 'git-clone' command; see `git config -l` and the linkgit:git-config[1] man page for details. ================================ You can update the shared repository with your changes by first committing -your changes, and then using the `git-push` command: +your changes, and then using the 'git-push' command: ------------------------------------------------ $ git push origin master ------------------------------------------------ to "push" those commits to the shared repository. If someone else has -updated the repository more recently, `git-push`, like `cvs commit`, will +updated the repository more recently, 'git-push', like 'cvs commit', will complain, in which case you must pull any changes before attempting the push again. -In the `git-push` command above we specify the name of the remote branch -to update (`master`). If we leave that out, `git-push` tries to update +In the 'git-push' command above we specify the name of the remote branch +to update (`master`). If we leave that out, 'git-push' tries to update any branches in the remote repository that have the same name as a branch -in the local repository. So the last `push` can be done with either of: +in the local repository. So the last 'push' can be done with either of: ------------ $ git push origin @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Importing a CVS archive First, install version 2.1 or higher of cvsps from link:http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/[http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/] and make sure it is in your path. Then cd to a checked out CVS working directory -of the project you are interested in and run `git-cvsimport`: +of the project you are interested in and run 'git-cvsimport': ------------------------------------------- $ git cvsimport -C <destination> <module> @@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ work, you must not modify the imported branches; instead, create new branches for your own changes, and merge in the imported branches as necessary. +If you want a shared repository, you will need to make a bare clone +of the imported directory, as described above. Then treat the imported +directory as another development clone for purposes of merging +incremental imports. + Advanced Shared Repository Management ------------------------------------- |