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 <body>
 <div id="header">
 <h1>
 git-cvsimport(1) Manual Page
 </h1>
 <h2>NAME</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>git-cvsimport -
  Import a CVS repository into git
 </p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="verseblock">
 <div class="content"><em>git-cvsimport</em> [-o &lt;branch-for-HEAD&gt;] [-h] [-v] [-d &lt;CVSROOT&gt;] [-s &lt;subst&gt;]
  [-p &lt;options-for-cvsps&gt;] [-C &lt;git_repository&gt;] [-i] [-P &lt;file&gt;]
  [-m] [-M regex] [&lt;CVS_module&gt;]</div></div>
 </div>
 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>Imports a CVS repository into git. It will either create a new
 repository, or incrementally import into an existing one.</p>
 <p>Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by <em>cvsps</em>.
 At least version 2.1 is required.</p>
 <p>You should <strong>never</strong> do any work of your own on the branches that are
 created by git-cvsimport. The initial import will create and populate a
 "master" branch from the CVS repository's main branch which you're free
 to work with; after that, you need to <em>git merge</em> incremental imports, or
 any CVS branches, yourself.</p>
 </div>
 <h2>OPTIONS</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <dl>
 <dt>
 -d &lt;CVSROOT&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote;
  currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods
  are supported.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -C &lt;target-dir&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  The git repository to import to. If the directory doesn't
  exist, it will be created. Default is the current directory.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -i
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing. This option
  ensures the working directory and index remain untouched and will
  not create them if they do not exist.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -k
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  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.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -u
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Convert underscores in tag and branch names to dots.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -o &lt;branch-for-HEAD&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  The <em>HEAD</em> branch from CVS is imported to the <em>origin</em> branch within
  the git repository, as <em>HEAD</em> already has a special meaning for git.
  Use this option if you want to import into a different branch.
 </p>
 <p>Use <em>-o master</em> for continuing an import that was initially done by
 the old cvs2git tool.</p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -p &lt;options-for-cvsps&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Additional options for cvsps.
  The options <em>-u</em> and <em>-A</em> are implicit and should not be used here.
 </p>
 <p>If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.</p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -P &lt;cvsps-output-file&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Instead of calling cvsps, read the provided cvsps output file. Useful
  for debugging or when cvsps is being handled outside cvsimport.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -m
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  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.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -M &lt;regex&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  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.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -v
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Verbosity: let <em>cvsimport</em> report what it is doing.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 &lt;CVS_module&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  The CVS module you want to import. Relative to &lt;CVSROOT&gt;.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -h
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Print a short usage message and exit.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -z &lt;fuzz&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Pass the timestamp fuzz factor to cvsps.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -s &lt;subst&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  Substitute the character "/" in branch names with &lt;subst&gt;
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
 -A &lt;author-conv-file&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
  CVS by default uses the unix username when writing its
  commit logs. Using this option and an author-conv-file
  in this format
 </p>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><tt> exon=Andreas Ericsson &lt;ae@op5.se&gt;
  spawn=Simon Pawn &lt;spawn@frog-pond.org&gt;
 </tt></pre>
 </div></div>
 <p>git-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had
 their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly
 all along.</p>
 <p>For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/cvs-authors
 each time the -A option is provided and read from that same
 file each time git-cvsimport is run.</p>
 <p>It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
 export changes back to CVS again later with
 <a href="git-cvsexportcommit.html">git-cvsexportcommit(1)</a>.</p>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </div>
 <h2>OUTPUT</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>If <em>-v</em> is specified, the script reports what it is doing.</p>
 <p>Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with
 a zero exit status.</p>
 </div>
 <h2>Author</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>Written by Matthias Urlichs &lt;smurf@smurf.noris.de&gt;, with help from
 various participants of the git-list &lt;git@vger.kernel.org&gt;.</p>
 </div>
 <h2>Documentation</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>Documentation by Matthias Urlichs &lt;smurf@smurf.noris.de&gt;.</p>
 </div>
 <h2>GIT</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(7)</a> suite</p>
 </div>
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	<h1>
	git-cvsimport(1) Manual Page
	</h1>
	<h2>NAME</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<p>git-cvsimport -
	Import a CVS repository into git
	</p>
	</div>
	</div>
	<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<div class="verseblock">
	<div class="content"><em>git-cvsimport</em> [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>] [-s <subst>]
	[-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-C <git_repository>] [-i] [-P <file>]
	[-m] [-M regex] [<CVS_module>]</div></div>
	</div>
	<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<p>Imports a CVS repository into git. It will either create a new
	repository, or incrementally import into an existing one.</p>
	<p>Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by <em>cvsps</em>.
	At least version 2.1 is required.</p>
	<p>You should <strong>never</strong> do any work of your own on the branches that are
	created by git-cvsimport. The initial import will create and populate a
	"master" branch from the CVS repository's main branch which you're free
	to work with; after that, you need to <em>git merge</em> incremental imports, or
	any CVS branches, yourself.</p>
	</div>
	<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
	<div class="sectionbody">
	<dl>
	<dt>
	-d <CVSROOT>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote;
	currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods
	are supported.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-C <target-dir>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	The git repository to import to. If the directory doesn't
	exist, it will be created. Default is the current directory.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-i
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing. This option
	ensures the working directory and index remain untouched and will
	not create them if they do not exist.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-k
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	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.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-u
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Convert underscores in tag and branch names to dots.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-o <branch-for-HEAD>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	The <em>HEAD</em> branch from CVS is imported to the <em>origin</em> branch within
	the git repository, as <em>HEAD</em> already has a special meaning for git.
	Use this option if you want to import into a different branch.
	</p>
	<p>Use <em>-o master</em> for continuing an import that was initially done by
	the old cvs2git tool.</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-p <options-for-cvsps>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Additional options for cvsps.
	The options <em>-u</em> and <em>-A</em> are implicit and should not be used here.
	</p>
	<p>If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-P <cvsps-output-file>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Instead of calling cvsps, read the provided cvsps output file. Useful
	for debugging or when cvsps is being handled outside cvsimport.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-m
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	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.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-M <regex>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	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.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-v
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Verbosity: let <em>cvsimport</em> report what it is doing.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	<CVS_module>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-h
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Print a short usage message and exit.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-z <fuzz>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Pass the timestamp fuzz factor to cvsps.
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-s <subst>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst>
	</p>
	</dd>
	<dt>
	-A <author-conv-file>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	<p>
	CVS by default uses the unix username when writing its
	commit logs. Using this option and an author-conv-file
	in this format
	</p>
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	<div class="content">
	<pre><tt> exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
	spawn=Simon Pawn <spawn@frog-pond.org>
	</tt></pre>
	</div></div>
	<p>git-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had
	their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly
	all along.</p>
	<p>For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/cvs-authors
	each time the -A option is provided and read from that same
	file each time git-cvsimport is run.</p>
	<p>It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
	export changes back to CVS again later with
	<a href="git-cvsexportcommit.html">git-cvsexportcommit(1)</a>.</p>
	</dd>
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	<h2>OUTPUT</h2>
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	<p>If <em>-v</em> is specified, the script reports what it is doing.</p>
	<p>Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with
	a zero exit status.</p>
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	<h2>Author</h2>
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	<p>Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>, with help from
	various participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.</p>
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	<h2>Documentation</h2>
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	<p>Documentation by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.</p>
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	<h2>GIT</h2>
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	<p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(7)</a> suite</p>
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