Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: question about mtn cvs_import

[hendrik]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 03:20:41PM +0200, Markus Wanner wrote:
> Hello Hendrik,
> 
> Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >>> With the command
> >>>
> >>>    mtn cvs_import pathname
> >>>
> >>> does pathname need to be the name of a file or directory on the locel
> >>> system, or is there come convention that allows mtn to use a remote cvs
> >>> repository accessible over the network using, say, anonymous CVS login?
> 
> Please see the fine manual:
> 
> > Usage: mtn [OPTION...] command [ARG...]
> > 
> > Options specific to 'mtn cvs_import' (run 'mtn help' to see global options):
> > 
> >   --branch [ -b ] <arg>  select branch cert for operation
> > 
> > Syntax specific to 'mtn cvs_import':
> > 
> >   cvs_import CVSROOT
> 
> The CVSROOT is the directory on your CVS server.
> 
> If that's not available, I've successfully used cvssuck, for example,
> which mirrors the CVSROOT from a remote server. However, note that this
> tool cannot mirror all of the original server's contents.
> 

It looks like I'll have to ask for a .tgz of the cvs repository.
Thanks.

> 
> The problem with cvs_import (and that applies to my branch as well) is,
> that it currently doesn't support successive imports. Nor does it
> provide any way to propagate back to your CVS server.

And that stuff would be on the cvssync branch, right?  Which particular 
cvssync subbranch should I be considering?  (a) for use, or (b) to 
contribute towards testing it?

-- hendrik