severity 474185 important
tags 474185 + wontfix
thanks

Hi Bdale,

Bdale Garbee wrote:

>               git-cvsimport -o master -a -A ../author-conv-file $pkg
>               git branch -m source-dist upstream
>       done
> 
> A couple packages had problems for reasons I understand after some reading,
> but even a simple package like 'sudo' with a purely linear revision history
> that showed no errors during the conversion ended up with a fundamentally
> broken git repository.  Using 'diff -u -r' to compare a clean checkout of my 
> CVS repository to what's in the git repo shows lots of differences, causes 
> failed builds, etc.

Starting with version 1.6.3, the git-cvsimport(1) man page has a new
nice, loud ISSUES section, but it’s good to have a bug report to warn
people, too.  Thanks.

Kind regards,
Jonathan



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