SYNOPSIS
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+[verse]
'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot]
[-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
DESCRIPTION
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-Exports a commit from GIT to a CVS checkout, making it easier
-to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository.
+Exports a commit from Git to a CVS checkout, making it easier
+to merge patches from a Git repository into a CVS repository.
Specify the name of a CVS checkout using the -w switch or execute it
from the root of the CVS working copy. In the latter case GIT_DIR must
Supports file additions, removals, and commits that affect binary files.
-If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell 'git-cvsexportcommit' what
+If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell 'git cvsexportcommit' what
parent the changeset should be done against.
OPTIONS
-u::
Update affected files from CVS repository before attempting export.
+-k::
+ Reverse CVS keyword expansion (e.g. $Revision: 1.2.3.4$
+ becomes $Revision$) in working CVS checkout before applying patch.
+
-w::
Specify the location of the CVS checkout to use for the export. This
option does not require GIT_DIR to be set before execution if the
- current directory is within a git repository. The default is the
+ current directory is within a Git repository. The default is the
value of 'cvsexportcommit.cvsdir'.
-W::
$ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit -c -p -v
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-Author
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-Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others.
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-Documentation
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-Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others.
-
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite