NAME
cvs2git - convert a cvs repository into a git repository
SYNOPSIS
cvs2git --options OPTIONFILE
DESCRIPTION
cvs2git [OPTION...] OUTPUT-OPTION CVS-REPOS-PATH
Convert a CVS repository into a Subversion repository, including
history.
OPTIONS
Configuration via options file:
--options=PATH
read the conversion options from PATH. This method allows more
flexibility than using command-line options. See documentation
for info
Output options:
--blobfile=PATH
path to which the "blob" data should be written
--dumpfile=PATH
path to which the revision data should be written
--dry-run
do not create any output; just print what would happen.
Conversion options:
--trunk-only
convert only trunk commits, not tags nor branches
--encoding=ENC
encoding for paths and log messages in CVS repos. If option is
specified multiple times, encoders are tried in order until one
succeeds. See
http://docs.python.org/lib/standard-encodings.html for a list of
standard Python encodings.
--fallback-encoding=ENC
If all --encodings fail, use lossy encoding with ENC
--retain-conflicting-attic-files
if a file appears both in and out of the CVS Attic, then leave
the attic version in a SVN directory called "Attic"
Symbol handling:
--symbol-transform=P:S
transform symbol names from P to S, where P and S use Python
regexp and reference syntax respectively. P must match the
whole symbol name
--symbol-hints=PATH
read symbol conversion hints from PATH
--symbol-default=OPT
specify how ambiguous symbols are converted. OPT is "heuristic"
(default), "strict", "branch", or "tag"
--force-branch=REGEXP
force symbols matching REGEXP to be branches
--force-tag=REGEXP
force symbols matching REGEXP to be tags
--exclude=REGEXP
exclude branches and tags matching REGEXP
--keep-trivial-imports
do not exclude branches that were only used for a single import
(usually these are unneeded)
Subversion properties:
--username=NAME
username for cvs2svn-synthesized commits
--auto-props=FILE
set file properties from the auto-props section of a file in svn
config format
--mime-types=FILE
specify an apache-style mime.types file for setting
svn:mime-type
--eol-from-mime-type
set svn:eol-style from mime type if known
--default-eol=STYLE
default svn:eol-style for non-binary files with undetermined
mime types. STYLE is "binary" (default), "native", "CRLF",
"LF", or "CR"
--keywords-off
don’t set svn:keywords on any files (by default, cvs2svn sets
svn:keywords on non-binary files to "Author Date Id Revision")
--keep-cvsignore
keep .cvsignore files (in addition to creating the analogous
svn:ignore properties)
--cvs-revnums
record CVS revision numbers as file properties
Extraction options:
--use-cvs
use CVS to extract revision contents (slower than --use-rcs but
more reliable) (default)
--use-rcs
use RCS to extract revision contents (faster than --use-cvs but
fails in some cases)
Environment options:
--tmpdir=PATH
directory to use for temporary data files (default
"cvs2svn-tmp")
--co=PATH
path to the "co" program (required if --use-rcs)
--cvs=PATH
path to the "cvs" program (required if --use-cvs)
--sort=PATH
path to the GNU "sort" program
Partial conversions:
--pass=PASS
execute only specified PASS of conversion
-p [START]:[END], --passes=[START]:[END]
execute passes START through END, inclusive (PASS, START, and
END can be pass names or numbers)
Information options:
--version
print the version number
-h, --help
print this usage message and exit with success
--help-passes
list the available passes and their numbers
--man write the manpage for this program to standard output
-v, --verbose
verbose (may be specified twice for debug output)
-q, --quiet
quiet (may be specified twice for very quiet)
--write-symbol-info=PATH
write information and statistics about CVS symbols to PATH.
--skip-cleanup
prevent the deletion of intermediate files
--profile
profile with ’hotshot’ (into file cvs2svn.hotshot)
AUTHORS
Manpage was converted for the Debian GNU/Linux system with help2man by
Laszlo ’GCS’ Boszormenyi <gcs@debian.hu> (but may be used by others).
SEE ALSO
cvs(1), git(1)