Re: How to import several subdirectories of a CVS repository?

----- Original Message ----

> From: Michael Haggerty <[email protected]>
> To: José Luis Rodríguez García <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Sent: Wed, December 1, 2010 3:10:47 PM
> Subject: Re: How to import several subdirectories of a CVS repository?
> 
> On 12/01/2010 09:51 PM, José Luis Rodríguez García wrote:
> > I am using  cvs2svn2.3.0
> > 
> > I hava a cvs repository with the next directories  with the next structure:
> > 
> > /dir1
> > /dir2
> >  /dir3
> > /dir4
> > /dir5
> > 
> > I want to migrate only dir3  an dir5. How can I do it with cvs2svn 
> > without using a option  file?
> 
> If each directory is a separate project (and should get its  own
> trunk/tags/branches directories) then there is no good alternative  to
> using an options file.
> 
> If the directories are all part of one  project, then you can make a copy
> of your CVS repository, delete the unwanted  directories, then convert
> the expurgated copy.
> 

There is also another solution:

1. Convert the CVS to SVN without any changes.
2. Use svndumpfilter to filter out the unwanted paths.

If the repo is small enough then that may be a good solution to do it quickly 
and easily.
If the repo is not small enough - e.g. dir1, dir2, and dir4 are large components 
that will take lots of spance - then
you really do not have a choice other than to do it before running through 
cvs2svn.

Though now that I think about it....you could probably just convert /dir3 and 
/dir5 as separate conversions - treat them as CVSROOT - 

and then import each into SVN separately:

$ cvs2svn --dumpfile=dir3.svndump ${CVSROOT}/dir3
$ cvs2svn --dumpfile=dir5.svndump ${CVSROOT}/dir5
$ svnadmin create ${SVNROOT}/combinedRepo
$ svnadmin load --parent-dir dir3 < dir3.svndump
$ svnadmin load --parent-dir dir5 < dir5.svndump

I always converted using SVN dump files instead of having it directly input into 
an svn repository. It's always worked very well for me.

HTH,

Ben

P.S. I think I got all the cvs2svn parameters correct. I don't have a local copy 
installed to verify; so I used an online manpage for it.

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