Re: Migrating CVS to SVN with custom tags folder hierarchy.

Przemysław Adam Paprocki <[email protected]> Fri, 7 May 2010 10:37:39 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.cvs2svn.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dear All,

Please see attached picture once again. The difference is that now
'A_x' and 'C_y' folders contains only taged subfolders and files. Is
there a possibility to achieve this using cvs2svn?

Best regards,
Przemyslaw

2010/5/7 Przemysław Adam Paprocki <[email protected]>:
> Dear All,
>
> I almost managed to migrate from CVS to SVN. There is one more last
> thing I think I would like to resolve (but not yet sure). Please see
> attached picture (it is better then the one from my first message as
> it is closer to truth). Thing is that if in CVS repository someone tag
> a subfolder of project then, after running cvs2svn on that project, in
> every tag folder we receive almost whole project folder hierarchy
> where some of them are empty (on the way down from project root to the
> taged subfolder). Is it possible to tell cvs2svn not to create those
> additional folders? I think that it would be better if tag folder
> contains the files and directories that were actually taged.
>
> Best regards,
> Przemyslaw
>
> 2010/4/29 Przemysław Adam Paprocki <[email protected]>:
>> I am sorry. I made a mistake on the picture I have sent You earlier in
>> the  "What cvs2svn does after conversion..." part. cvs2svn creates
>> project tree down to tagged directory. Still, this doesn't help me.
>> Once more I ask for help.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Przemyslaw Paprocki
>>
>> 2010/4/29 Przemysław Adam Paprocki <[email protected]>:
>>> Dear Sir or Madam,
>>>
>>> I am about to migrate a large project from CVS to SVN. I tried cvs2svn
>>> but encountered problems with tags directory hierarchy (trunk and
>>> branches are ok). cvn2svn creates flat hierarchy, I mean, after
>>> conversion, the 'tags' folder contains folders named as tags. This is
>>> a problem because existing repository has thousands of tags and is
>>> difficult to browse tags directory and manage it. I would like to have
>>> the migrating project folder hierarchy in 'tags' directory. Please,
>>> see attached picture.
>>>
>>> Could You please tell me whether there is some option in cvs2svn that
>>> can migrate the project the way I want? If not, then could You please
>>> tell where should I change the cvs2svn python code (or at least some
>>> lead). Where can I find code that translates CVS tag path to future
>>> SVN tag path? I would be extremely grateful for those informations.
>>> Actually, the picture, I attached, presents only one of the ideas that
>>> I have. Still, If You could help me with this then I should be able to
>>> do whatever hierarchy I would like.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Przemyslaw Paprocki
>>>
>>
>

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