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export CVSEDITOR=vim
export CVSROOT=“:pserver:kropf@sourcehost.i.echoworx.com:/cvsroot”
function cvs-git-import {
if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
echo “usage: cvs-git-import [dir] [module]”
return
fi
dir=$1
module=$2
git cvsimport -d ${CVSROOT} -C ${dir} -r cvs -k ${module}
cd ${dir}
git config cvsimport.module ${module}
#git config cvsimport.r cvs
git config cvsimport.d ${CVSROOT}
cvs checkout upstream
}
function cvs-git-update {
if [ ! -d “.git” ]; then
echo “not a git repo: can't find .git directory”
return
fi
git cvsimport -r cvs
}
function cvs-git-commit {
cvs-git-update
if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
#msg=$(gxmessage -center -geometry 500×100 -entry -title “enter commit message” “enter commit message”) || return
echo “enter message for CVS commit”
read msg
if [ -n “${msg}” ]; then
echo “empty commit message: abort”
fi
git merge –no-ff -m “${msg}” –log $1 || return
fi
git cvsexportcommit -w upstream -u -p -c ORIG_HEAD HEAD
}
function cvs-git-help {
echo “http://stackoverflow.com/questions/584522/how-to-export-revision-history-from-mercurial-or-git-to-cvs/586225#586225
Use cvs-git-import to checkout a project from CVS. Set CVSROOT first.
Make changes in a topic branch, never the master branch.
When ready to commit switch to master branch and use cvs-git-commit to merge
branch and commit to cvs.”
}
