git-cvsimport : fatal: 'Root_branche_2_0_*_' is not a valid tag name.
Hi,
during a run of git-cvsimport, i got this error :
fatal: 'Root_branche_2_0_*_' is not a valid tag name. Cannot create tag Root_branche_2_0_*_: Bad file descriptor
I can't use -p -b xxx since i would like to test branch merging in git so i need HEAD AND some CVS branch (you can't use -b 2 times for cvsps).
So i guess i won't be able to test git branch merging...
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i'd like to import a project from CVS.
If you can do this as a one-time conversion, please consider using cvs2git [1].
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The cvs commits are done using
Cp1252 encoding charset. The thing is i cannot change the .git/config file since the repo is created by git-cvsimport. So how can i use the good charset ?
cvs2git can convert the encoding of filenames, log messages, and author names during the conversion.
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during a run of git-cvsimport, i got this error :
fatal: 'Root_branche_2_0_*_' is not a valid tag name. Cannot create tag Root_branche_2_0_*_: Bad file descriptor
cvs2git can arbitrarily transform tag and branch names during the conversion via user-specified transformation rules.
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I can't use -p -b xxx since i would like to test branch merging in git so i need HEAD AND some CVS branch (you can't use -b 2 times for cvsps).
So i guess i won't be able to test git branch merging...
Long-term synchronization between CVS and git is fragile. Consider converting to git altogether. If that is not possible for political or technical reasons, consider converting your repository to Subversion (IMHO a no-brainer in even the most conservative shop), then using git-svn as a git-to-Subversion bridge (it is much more reliable than git-to-CVS).
Michael