[-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 <commitlimit>]
- [<CVS_module>]
+ [-r <remote>] [<CVS_module>]
DESCRIPTION
At least version 2.1 is required.
You should *never* do any work of your own on the branches that are
-created by git-cvsimport. The initial import will create and populate a
+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.
+any CVS branches, yourself. It is advisable to specify a named remote via
+-r to separate and protect the incoming branches.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-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
+ 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.
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 git-clone --use-separate-remote option.
+
-o <branch-for-HEAD>::
- The 'HEAD' branch from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within
- the git repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for git.
- Use this option if you want to import into a different 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
+ 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.
not create them if they do not exist.
-k::
- Kill keywords: will extract files with -kk from the CVS archive
+ 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.
+ to preserve compatibility with early imported trees.
-u::
Convert underscores in tag and branch names to dots.
Instead of calling cvsps, read the provided cvsps output file. Useful
for debugging or when cvsps is being handled outside cvsimport.
--m::
+-m::
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option
- will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source
- branch name from the commit message.
+ will enable default regexes that try to capture the source
+ branch name from the commit message.
-M <regex>::
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom
- regex. It can be used with -m to also see the default regexes.
- You must escape forward slashes.
+ regex. It can be used with '-m' to enable the default regexes
+ as well. You must escape forward slashes.
++
+The regex must capture the source branch name in $1.
++
+This option can be used several times to provide several detection regexes.
-S <regex>::
Skip paths matching the regex.
all along.
+
For convenience, this data is saved to `$GIT_DIR/cvs-authors`
-each time the -A option is provided and read from that same
+each time the '-A' option is provided and read from that same
file each time git-cvsimport is run.
+
It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
export changes back to CVS again later with
-gitlink:git-cvsexportcommit[1].
+linkgit:git-cvsexportcommit[1].
-h::
Print a short usage message and exit.
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite