Re: Empty file problem with cvs2svn.py!

Max Bowsher wrote:

> Aha! The mystery is explained - you are using cvsnt!
>
> During conversion, I imagine you should see messages like:
> [[[
> co: foo/foo,v:9: missing author
> co aborted
> ]]]
>
> The basic RCS format defines "author" as an identifier.
> CVSNT redefines "author" as an RCS @-string. This allows cvsnt to allow
> spaces, periods, etc. in author names, *but* makes the resulting RCS files
> incompatible with standard tools.

Is there any other incompatiblities regarding cvs-nt and standard cvs?

I just pulled out all my shell programming skills (which are next to
none) and "invented" the following repository repair script. Did I
forget something?

Regards,

Andreas

#!/bin/csh

foreach f (`find . -name "*,v" -type f -print`)
   echo $f
   sed 's/author \@\(.*\)\@;/author \1;/g' $f > temp
   mv temp $f
end

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Received on Fri Nov 14 19:16:59 2003