Re: [Savannah-users] CVS - bad repository state / migration to git

[Nicolas Neuss]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:

> Nicolas Neuss <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 1. I wanted to update the project from my local version which strangely
>>    did not work perfectly.  It looks as if my local version contains
>>    -for some files- newer CVS version than are in the repository on
>>    Savannah.  Did something happen in the recent years with Savannah
>>    such that an older repository state had to be restored?  Or is there
>>    some other way in which something like that can happen?
>
> http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/Compromise2010/

Hmm, I suspected that it might have something to do with that.  So I
guess that I will have to recommit those changes...

>> 2. What is the best way for migrating a Savannah project from CVS to
>>    git?
>
> I'd start with cvs2git.

But then I need to get the CVS repository which is on the Savannah
server to which I do not have direct access.  Is there a way to extract
it?

> Andreas.

Thank you,

Nicolas