Git CVSImport Command

git-cvsimport(1) ================ NAME ---- git-cvsimport - Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>] [-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>] [-C <git-repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>] [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commit-limit>] [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS-module>] DESCRIPTION ----------- *WARNING:* `git cvsimport` uses cvsps version 2, which is considered deprecated; it does not work with cvsps version 3 and later. If you are performing a one-shot import of a CVS repository consider using http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2git.html[cvs2git] or https://gitlab.com/esr/cvs-fast-export[cvs-fast-export]. Imports a CVS repository into Git. It will either create a new repository, or incrementally import into an existing one. Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'. At least version 2.1 is required. *WARNING:* for certain situations the import leads to incorrect results. Please see the section <<issues,ISSUES>> for further reference. You should *never* do any work of your own on the branches that are created by 'git cvsimport'. By default initial import will create and populate a "master" branch from the CVS repository's main branch which you're free to work with; after that, you need to 'git merge' incremental imports, or any CVS branches, yourself. It is advisable to specify a named remote via -r to separate and protect the incoming branches. If you intend to set up a shared public repository that all developers can read/write, or if you want to use linkgit:git-cvsserver[1], then you probably want to make a bare clone of the imported repository, and use the clone as the shared repository. See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]. OPTIONS ------- -v:: Verbosity: let 'cvsimport' report what it is doing. -d <CVSROOT>:: The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote; currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods are supported. If not given, 'git cvsimport' will try to read it from `CVS/Root`. If no such file exists, it checks for the `CVSROOT` environment variable. <CVS-module>:: The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>. If not given, 'git cvsimport' tries to read it from `CVS/Repository`. -C <target-dir>:: The Git repository to import to. If the directory doesn't exist, it will be created. Default is the current directory. -r <remote>:: The Git remote to import this CVS repository into. Moves all CVS branches into remotes/<remote>/<branch> akin to the way 'git clone' uses 'origin' by default. -o <branch-for-HEAD>:: When no remote is specified (via -r) the `HEAD` branch from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within the Git repository, as `HEAD` already has a special meaning for Git. When a remote is specified the `HEAD` branch is named remotes/<remote>/master mirroring 'git clone' behaviour. 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. -i:: Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing. This option ensures the working directory and index remain untouched and will not create them if they do not exist. -k:: Kill keywords: will extract files with '-kk' from the CVS archive to avoid noisy changesets. Highly recommended, but off by default to preserve compatibility with early imported trees. -u:: Convert underscores in tag and branch names to dots. -s <subst>:: Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst> -p <options-for-cvsps>:: Additional options for cvsps. The options `-u` and '-A' are implicit and should not be used here. + If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a

The git-cvsimport command is used to import a CVS repository into Git, either creating a new repository or incrementally importing into an existing one, while providing various options for customization and handling potential issues.