I appreciate credit as much as the next guy, but I didn't write the
vss2svn.py script. The author is jens.jorgensen@tallan.com AFAIK.
>From: Brett Wooldridge <brettw@riseup.com>
>To: "Richard J. Moore" <richardm@debtorsoftware.com.au>
>CC: users@subversion.tigris.org
>Subject: Re: VSS to SVN: Is there a script to do this????
>Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 23:05:48 -0600
>
>Not to impune or detract from Kevin's script, but my company wound up
>writing our own VSS to Subversion migration to suit our own needs. You
>can find it here:
>
>http://www.riseup.com/~brettw/dev
>
>
>
>Richard J. Moore wrote:
>
>>Thanks Kevin & Jens
>>
>>Below is the error message that we get.
>>
>>VSS repos is on a server 2000 PC
>>Running the script on a WP Pro PC
>>VSS version is 6.0c
>>
>>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Richard
>>
>>C:\Downloads\Subversion>vss2svn.py -dumpc:\temp\svn_dump
>>
>>VSS Repository: \\Fileserv\VSS_setup
>>VSS User: user
>>VSS Password: *user*
>>VSS Base: $/
>>Dump File: c:\temp\svn_dump
>>Commit Threshold: 2 minutes
>>Path to SS.EXE: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\win32\
>>Excluded projects: []
>>Debug Mode is ON
>>
>>Pre-Parsing VSS Database: \\Fileserv\VSS_setup.
>>
>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "C:\Downloads\Subversion\vss2svn.py", line 739, in ?
>> vssdb = Dispatch(VSS_Dispatch)
>> File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line
>>95, in Dispat
>>ch
>> dispatch, userName =
>>dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx)
>>
>> File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line
>>84, in _GetGoo
>>dDispatchAndUserName
>> return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
>> File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line
>>72, in _GetGoo
>>dDispatch
>> IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx,
>>pythoncom.IID_IDis
>>patch)
>>pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221164, 'Class not registered', None, None)
>>
>>C:\Downloads\Subversion>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kevin Williams [mailto:kevin_w69@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 3
>>March 2004 05:09
>>To: jens.jorgensen@tallan.com
>>Cc: Richard J. Moore; users@subversion.tigris.org
>>Subject: Re: VSS to SVN: Is there a script to do this????
>>
>>Actually, I did use the version from the trunk. Google referred me to
>>the repository directly, so I checked it out to a local folder and tried
>>it.
>>
>>Here's how it went, as best I can recall. My first attempt failed and
>>pointed me to some deleted entries in VSS ( syntax: ~ then GUID then _
>>then filename, if I remember correctly). I purged all the deleted entries
>>I
>>could find and started over. I got a successful dump, so I tried to load
>>it.
>>The load failed on a sub-folder that was also a sub-project, so perhaps
>>the failure is a clash of some kind. The dump file had
>>"/SolutionName/ProjectName" and "/SolutionName/ProjectName/". Svnadmin
>>refused to load because the directory was already defined, so I removed
>>the second entry. I think I got another error from svnadmin (must be
>>getting
>>
>>old), and I then removed all trailing slashes from the dump file. I
>>can't say I *HAD TO* remove them, but it worked once I did.
>>
>>**IF** I can find time, I will re-create this and report back in more
>>detail.
>>
>>Hope that helps,
>>
>>Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Jens B. Jorgensen" <jens.jorgensen@tallan.com>
>>>To: Kevin Williams <kevin_w69@hotmail.com>
>>>CC: richardm@debtorsoftware.com.au, users@subversion.tigris.org
>>>Subject: Re: VSS to SVN: Is there a script to do this????
>>>Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 11:24:19 -0600
>>>
>>>Hi, I'm the original developer and ostensible owner of that script.
>>>Although I haven't had much time recently to work on it I'm still
>>>interested in improving it. So, if you can give it a try and let me
>>>
>>>
>>know
>>
>>>what you find I'd love to hear about your success with it.
>>>
>>>Kevin: I haven't heard of any problems with a trailing slash on
>>>directories. Did you use the most recent version from trunk? Did you
>>>
>>>
>>have
>>
>>>to do this on all directories? Did this cause the load to bomb?
>>>
>>>Kevin Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I stumbled upon https://chidb01.tallan.com/vss2svn. It seems to work,
>>>>
>>>>
>>but
>>
>>>>I had to clean out all deleted items from VSS, and remove the trailing
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>slash from the directory entries in the resulting dump file before
>>>>
>>>>
>>loading
>>
>>>>into SVN. I ran in on a **simple** VSS project, so I don't know if
>>>>
>>>>
>>it's
>>
>>>>ready for a big repository. YMMV.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: "Richard J. Moore" <richardm@debtorsoftware.com.au>
>>>>>To: <users@subversion.tigris.org>
>>>>>Subject: VSS to SVN: Is there a script to do this????
>>>>>Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:15:32 +1000
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there an easy way to import VSS into SVN?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>>Richard Moore
>>>>>Software Engineer
>>>>>Debtor Software Solutions Pty Ltd
>>>>>http://www.debtorsoftware.com.au
>>>>>e-mail: mailto:richardm@debtorsoftware.com.au
>>>>>Ph 07 3808 2255
>>>>>Fax 07 3808 9467
>>>>>
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>>>--
>>>Jens B. Jorgensen
>>>jens.jorgensen@tallan.com
>>>
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