Re: [viewvc-users] Using an Existing ViewVC CVS mySQL db with SVN

Ravi K Pattalachinti wrote:
> We are in the process of migrating an existing CVS system to SVN. We are
> going to use ViewVC as the web client for browsing the new repository.
> We also have an existing mySQL commit database. When we do the
> conversion to subversion, can I point ViewVC to commit changes to this
> already existing database? Or do I have to convert this database to be
> compatible with SVN?
>  
> (i.e.)
>  
> Can I bypass the following 2 steps:-
>  
> To build a database of all the commits in the Subversion repository
> /home/svn, invoke: "./svndbadmin rebuild /home/svn".
> If you want to update the checkin database, invoke: "./svndbadmin update
> /home/svn".

Hrm... I don't know if it's ever been tried!

My gut instinct is that you'll be disappointed with the results of trying,
though.  The revision number schemes are completely different between the
two systems, so even if you managed to get the old CVS data to co-exist with
the new Subversion data, any links you click from specific revisions in the
query results will lead to bogus ViewVC URLs.  It's probably best to
regenerate the database using your converted Subversion repository history.

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C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]>
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