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.TH "GIT-CVSIMPORT" 1 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
git-cvsimport \- Import a CVS repository into git
.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.nf
git\-cvsimport [\-o <branch\-for\-HEAD>] [\-h] [\-v] [\-d <CVSROOT>] [\-s <subst>]
              [\-p <options\-for\-cvsps>] [\-C <git_repository>] [\-i] [\-P <file>]
              [\-m] [\-M regex] [<CVS_module>]
.fi

.SH "DESCRIPTION"


Imports a CVS repository into git\&. It will either create a new repository, or incrementally import into an existing one\&.


Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by cvsps\&. At least version 2\&.1 is required\&.

.SH "OPTIONS"

.TP
\-d <CVSROOT>
The root of the CVS archive\&. May be local (a simple path) or remote; currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods are supported\&.

.TP
\-C <target\-dir>
The git repository to import to\&. If the directory doesn't exist, it will be created\&. Default is the current directory\&.

.TP
\-i
Import\-only: don't perform a checkout after importing\&. This option ensures the working directory and index remain untouched and will not create them if they do not exist\&.

.TP
\-k
Kill keywords: will extract files with \-kk from the CVS archive to avoid noisy changesets\&. Highly recommended, but off by default to preserve compatibility with early imported trees\&.

.TP
\-u
Convert underscores in tag and branch names to dots\&.

.TP
\-o <branch\-for\-HEAD>
The HEAD branch from CVS is imported to the origin branch within the git repository, as HEAD already has a special meaning for git\&. Use this option if you want to import into a different branch\&.

Use \-o master for continuing an import that was initially done by the old cvs2git tool\&.

.TP
\-p <options\-for\-cvsps>
Additional options for cvsps\&. The options \-u and \-A are implicit and should not be used here\&.

If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma\&.

.TP
\-P <cvsps\-output\-file>
Instead of calling cvsps, read the provided cvsps output file\&. Useful for debugging or when cvsps is being handled outside cvsimport\&.

.TP
\-m
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message\&. This option will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source branch name from the commit message\&.

.TP
\-M <regex>
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom regex\&. It can be used with \-m to also see the default regexes\&. You must escape forward slashes\&.

.TP
\-v
Verbosity: let cvsimport report what it is doing\&.

.TP
<CVS_module>
The CVS module you want to import\&. Relative to <CVSROOT>\&.

.TP
\-h
Print a short usage message and exit\&.

.TP
\-z <fuzz>
Pass the timestamp fuzz factor to cvsps\&.

.TP
\-s <subst>
Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst>

.TP
\-A <author\-conv\-file>
CVS by default uses the unix username when writing its commit logs\&. Using this option and an author\-conv\-file in this format

.nf
exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5\&.se>
spawn=Simon Pawn <spawn@frog\-pond\&.org>
.fi

.nf
git\-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had
their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly
all along\&.
.fi

.nf
For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/cvs\-authors
each time the \-A option is provided and read from that same
file each time git\-cvsimport is run\&.
.fi

.nf
It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
export changes back to CVS again later with
git\-link[1]::git\-cvsexportcommit\&.
.fi

.SH "OUTPUT"


If \-v is specified, the script reports what it is doing\&.


Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i\&.e\&. by simply exiting with a zero exit status\&.

.SH "AUTHOR"


Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf\&.noris\&.de>, with help from various participants of the git\-list <git@vger\&.kernel\&.org>\&.

.SH "DOCUMENTATION"


Documentation by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf\&.noris\&.de>\&.

.SH "GIT"


Part of the \fBgit\fR(7) suite