1. If you are going to offer anonymous CVS access via pserver, add a line in
/etc/inetd.conf like
-
++
+--
+------
cvspserver stream tcp nowait nobody git-cvsserver pserver
- Note: In some cases, you need to pass the 'pserver' argument twice for
- git-cvsserver to see it. So the line would look like
+------
+Note: In some cases, you need to pass the 'pserver' argument twice for
+git-cvsserver to see it. So the line would look like
+------
cvspserver stream tcp nowait nobody git-cvsserver pserver pserver
- No special setup is needed for SSH access, other than having GIT tools
- in the PATH. If you have clients that do not accept the CVS_SERVER
- env variable, you can rename git-cvsserver to cvs.
-
+------
+No special setup is needed for SSH access, other than having GIT tools
+in the PATH. If you have clients that do not accept the CVS_SERVER
+env variable, you can rename git-cvsserver to cvs.
+--
2. For each repo that you want accessible from CVS you need to edit config in
the repo and add the following section.
-
++
+--
+------
[gitcvs]
enabled=1
# optional for debugging
logfile=/path/to/logfile
- Note: you need to ensure each user that is going to invoke git-cvsserver has
- write access to the log file and to the git repository. When offering anon
- access via pserver, this means that the nobody user should have write access
- to at least the sqlite database at the root of the repository.
-
+------
+Note: you need to ensure each user that is going to invoke git-cvsserver has
+write access to the log file and to the git repository. When offering anon
+access via pserver, this means that the nobody user should have write access
+to at least the sqlite database at the root of the repository.
+--
3. On the client machine you need to set the following variables.
CVSROOT should be set as per normal, but the directory should point at the
appropriate git repo. For example:
++
+--
+For SSH access, CVS_SERVER should be set to git-cvsserver
- For SSH access, CVS_SERVER should be set to git-cvsserver
-
- Example:
+Example:
+------
export CVSROOT=:ext:user@server:/var/git/project.git
export CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver
-
+------
+--
4. For SSH clients that will make commits, make sure their .bashrc file
sets the GIT_AUTHOR and GIT_COMMITTER variables.
5. Clients should now be able to check out the project. Use the CVS 'module'
name to indicate what GIT 'head' you want to check out. Example:
-
++
+------
cvs co -d project-master master
+------
Eclipse CVS Client Notes
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4. Pick 'HEAD' when it asks what branch/tag to check out. Untick the
"launch commit wizard" to avoid committing the .project file.
-Protocol notes: If you are using anonymous acces via pserver, just select that.
+Protocol notes: If you are using anonymous access via pserver, just select that.
Those using SSH access should choose the 'ext' protocol, and configure 'ext'
access on the Preferences->Team->CVS->ExtConnection pane. Set CVS_SERVER to
'git-cvsserver'. Not that password support is not good when using 'ext',