SYNOPSIS
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-'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
+'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-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.
+to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository.
-Execute it from the root of the CVS working copy. GIT_DIR must be defined.
+Execute it from the root of the CVS working copy. GIT_DIR must be defined.
See examples below.
-It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are
-unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit
+It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are
+unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit
by default.
Supports file additions, removals, and commits that affect binary files.
If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell git-cvsexportcommit what parent
-should the changeset be done against.
+should the changeset be done against.
OPTIONS
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Force the parent commit, even if it is not a direct parent.
-m::
- Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix.
+ Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix.
Useful for patch series and the like.
+-u::
+ Update affected files from cvs repository before attempting export.
+
-v::
Verbose.
$ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
$ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
$ git-cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1>
-$ cvs commit -F .mgs <files>
+$ cvs commit -F .mgs <files>
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Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing::
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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