I know many here are using CVS, and many are also using git, so I wonder if anybody can help me. On BSD.lv, I push my CVS repositories (kcgi, sblg, etc.) to GitHub from time to time using a cvs2git script. It goes as follows, shortened and pseudonymised:
REPO=$1 # e.g., kcgi cd /tmp/cvs2git cvs2git --blobfile=git-blob.dat \ --dumpfile=git-dump.dat \ --username=kristaps@me \ /path/to/cvsroot/$REPO mkdir $REPO.git cd $REPO.git git init cd .git git fast-import \ --export-marks=../../git-marks.dat < ../../git-blob.dat git fast-import \ --import-marks=../../git-marks.dat < ../../git-dump.dat git remote add origin https://github.com/account/$REPO.git cd .. git checkout git push --tags -u origin master Our repositories are all pretty basic (just tags, no branches), and it's only me pushing to GitHub, so this works although it's not incremental and can take a minute or so. Or I should say it "worked", because since updating OpenBSD from an embarrassingly old version, it doesn't any more. The error given is on the push: Compressing objects: 100% (633/633), done. Writing objects: 100% (2257/2257), 492.44 KiB | 16.98 MiB/s, done. Total 2257 (delta 1624), reused 2257 (delta 1624) remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (1624/1624), done. To https://github.com/account/REPO.git * [new tag] VERSION_0_4_3 -> VERSION_0_4_3 ! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first) ! [rejected] VERSION_0 -> VERSION_0 (already exists) ... lots of"rejected" lines... error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/account/REPO.git' hint: Updates were rejected because the tag already exists in the remote. Any ideas? Or does anybody have a process already in place for syncing CVS to git/GitHub? I've tried stopping before the "push" and doing all manner of fetches and such, but nothing works. I rarely use git, so I'm really just reaching out in the dark. The GitHub presence is just to pick up on a issues and pull requests from folks who are more comfortable with that interface than e-mail, for which it has worked well. Thank you, Kristaps
