RE: Importing an NT repository to Unix?

[Scott, Ryan]

Hmmm, another question I just thought of.  Let me explain the situation first. 

Right now we have an existing repository on the unix cvs box under /www/cvsroot.  I want to move another separate repository from the NT box to /www/cvsroot/isp.  So what would I do with the new repositories CVSROOT directory?  Would I then have /www/cvsroot/isp/CVSROOT?  And if so, would CVS recognize the admin and history files in that location?  I basically need to have it keep the history for both projects intact. 

Thanks again,
Ryan Scott

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Thanks Larry.  Am I correct in thinking that everything would be ready to go if I just took a tarball from the NT repository and un-tarred it onto the Unix box?

Ryan Scott




Scott, Ryan writes:
>
> Has anyone every done this?  I assume it's pretty simple, I have the entire
> NT repository with the ,v files and the history.  Is it as simple as just
> copying all the files/directories over to the unix box and initializing the
> repository?  Any help would be appreciated.

Almost.  You need to copy all the RCS files in binary mode (no line
ending conversion), but the administrative files (config, loginfo, etc.)
need to be copied in text mode.  If you do that, you don't even need to
initialize the repository.

-Larry Jones

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-- Calvin

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