-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.
-k::
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 name 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.
+ You must escape forward slashes.
-S <regex>::
Skip paths matching the regex.
+
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