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simonzack
simonzack

Reputation: 20948

Cloning a cvs repository client-side

I would like to clone a cvs repository from sourceforge with all it's branches and history (this one) in particular.

I've tried using git cvsimport, but this does not support cvsps v3, and other answers here say that cvsexport does a more complete import into git.

But cvsexport requires RCS files, how do I get those client-side? When checking out a CVS repository only the head revision is checked out, and I don't have admin access so can't use rsync.

I don't have any CVS experience btw, only GIT experience.

[EDIT] Just found out that sourceforge has anonymous rsync access via the rsync:// protocol, so my original problem is solved. However, what if it didn't support this?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2405

Answers (1)

Pedro Gimeno
Pedro Gimeno

Reputation: 3125

I know the OP found the answer, but I decided to post this for the benefit of those who found this by searching, like me.

In the case of SourceForge, this link explains how to back up a CVS repository.

http://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/CVS/#backups

As of this writing:

Backups of a CVS repository may be made using rsync.

Example (replace PROJECTNAME with the UNIX group name of your project):

rsync -av rsync://PROJECTNAME.cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/PROJECTNAME/* .

Upvotes: 1

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