Re: cvs2svn patch in the works...

Daniel Berlin wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Marko Macek wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>Branko ÄŒibej wrote:
>>
>>
>>>A co-worker of mine has taught cvs2svn to convert tags and branches.
>>>
>>>
>>Well, here it is, based on revision 3371
>>
>>Changes:
>> - now requires an existing svn repository instead of creating one
>>
>>
>Why?
>This used to be how it was, and it was specifically changed to *not*
>require one.
>

I think it's better to create the repository beforehand. If nothing
else, you can then tweak the DB_CONFIG parameters to suit your needs
before the conversion. This could mean a big difference in conversion
times. It also opens the door for incremental imports, which might not
be a bad thing.

>>Issues:
>> - currently breaks the multi-pass mode, because it uses some
>> in-core data which needs to be moved to the temp files
>>
>>
>
>I did this too, and greg got annoyed.
>:)
>

So much for Greg. At least branch and tag conversion works now. :-)
Don't worry, I'm sure Mark will get around to moving those hashes elsewhere.

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Brane Čibej   <brane_at_xbc.nu>   http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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