RE: cvs2svn failing on "non-CVS" files

> /data/cvs/tusk/ocw/tmpl/Attic/header,v
> Processed 5345 files
> Pass 1 complete.
> ==============================================================
> =============
> Error summary:
> ERROR: '/var/www/cvs/module/badfile,v' is not a valid ,v file
>
> Has anyone had fun and experience with CVS files that work in CVS, but
> break cvs2svn? Are there any particular pointers? Any guidelines on
> repairing such mangled files?

We have had similar errors when we changed. The only solution I had was to remove these files from the CVS repo and finally re-add them in the svn repo. Of course this works only if there are only a few files (it was 6 in our case)

The actual cause in our case was: CVSNT (!) has saved these files (they were all binary) with a '0' somewhere in the file what the converter didn't like...

Best regards
        Andreas

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Andreas Tscharner                      <andreas.tscharner_at_metromec.ch>
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