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://github.com/BartMassey/parsecvs[parsecvs].
+http://www.catb.org/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.
akin to the way 'git clone' uses 'origin' by default.
-o <branch-for-HEAD>::
- When no remote is specified (via -r) the 'HEAD' branch
+ 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
+ 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.