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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index b7a8c10b87..31237259e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ repository, or incrementally import into an existing one. Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'. At least version 2.1 is required. +*WARNING:* for certain situations the import leads to incorrect results. +Please see the section <<issues,ISSUES>> for further reference. + You should *never* do any work of your own on the branches that are 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 @@ -164,6 +167,37 @@ If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing. Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with a zero exit status. +[[issues]] +ISSUES +------ +Problems related to timestamps: + + * If timestamps of commits in the cvs repository are not stable enough + to be used for ordering commits + * If any files were ever "cvs import"ed more than once (e.g., import of + more than one vendor release) + * If the timestamp order of different files cross the revision order + within the commit matching time window + +Problems related to branches: + + * Branches on which no commits have been made are not imported + * All files from the branching point are added to a branch even if + never added in cvs + * files added to the source branch *after* a daughter branch was + created: If previously no commit was made on the daugther branch they + will erroneously be added to the daughter branch in git + +Problems related to tags: + +* Multiple tags on the same revision are not imported + +If you suspect that any of these issues may apply to the repository you +want to import consider using these alternative tools which proved to be +more stable in practise: + +* cvs2git (part of cvs2svn), `http://cvs2svn.tigris.org` +* parsecvs, `http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~keithp/parsecvs` Author ------ |