docs/cvs-migration: mention cvsimport caveats
authorJeff King <peff@peff.net>
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 07:26:28 +0000 (03:26 -0400)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:23:45 +0000 (11:23 -0700)
Back when this guide was written, cvsimport was the only
game in town. These days it is probably not the best option.
Rather than go into details, let's point people to the note
at the top of cvsimport which gives other options.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
index faee5c21dc38c434b2590919822508e87927635c..4c6143c511c06a1fd5f3854445a14533653fd752 100644 (file)
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ they create are writable and searchable by other group members.
 Importing a CVS archive
 -----------------------
 
+NOTE: These instructions use the `git-cvsimport` script which ships with
+git, but other importers may provide better results. See the note in
+linkgit:git-cvsimport[1] for other options.
+
 First, install version 2.1 or higher of cvsps from
 https://github.com/andreyvit/cvsps[https://github.com/andreyvit/cvsps] and make
 sure it is in your path.  Then cd to a checked out CVS working directory