6 git-cvsserver - A CVS server emulator for git
12 export CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver
13 'cvs' -d :ext:user@server/path/repo.git co <HEAD_name>
19 This application is a CVS emulation layer for git.
21 It is highly functional. However, not all methods are implemented,
22 and for those methods that are implemented,
23 not all switches are implemented.
25 Testing has been done using both the CLI CVS client, and the Eclipse CVS
26 plugin. Most functionality works fine with both of these clients.
30 Currently gitcvs only works over ssh connections.
35 1. Put server.pl somewhere useful on the same machine that is hosting your git repos
37 2. For each repo that you want accessible from CVS you need to edit config in
38 the repo and add the following section.
42 logfile=/path/to/logfile
44 n.b. you need to ensure each user that is going to invoke server.pl has
45 write access to the log file.
47 5. On each client machine you need to set the following variables.
48 CVSROOT should be set as per normal, but the directory should point at the
50 CVS_SERVER should be set to the server.pl script that has been put on the
53 6. Clients should now be able to check out modules (where modules are the names
55 $ cvs co -d mylocaldir master
57 Eclipse CVS Client Notes
58 ------------------------
60 To get a checkout with the Eclipse CVS client:
62 1. Create a new project from CVS checkout, giving it repository and module
63 2. Context Menu->Team->Share Project...
64 3. Enter the repository and module information again and click Finish
65 4. The Synchronize view appears. Untick "launch commit wizard" to avoid
66 committing the .project file, and select HEAD as the tag to synchronize to.
67 Update all incoming changes.
69 Note that most versions of Eclipse ignore CVS_SERVER (which you can set in
70 the Preferences->Team->CVS->ExtConnection pane), so you may have to
71 rename, alias or symlink git-cvsserver to 'cvs' on the server.
77 CVS 1.11.17 on MacOSX (from Fink package)
78 Eclipse 3.0, 3.1.2 on MacOSX (see Eclipse CVS Client Notes)
84 All the operations required for normal use are supported, including
85 checkout, diff, status, update, log, add, remove, commit.
86 Legacy monitoring operations are not supported (edit, watch and related).
87 Exports and tagging (tags and branches) are not supported at this stage.
89 The server will set the -k mode to binary when relevant. In proper GIT
90 tradition, the contents of the files are always respected.
91 No keyword expansion or newline munging is supported.
96 git-cvsserver depends on DBD::SQLite.
101 This program is copyright The Open University UK - 2006.
103 Authors: Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>
104 Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
105 with ideas and patches from participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
109 Documentation by Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz> and Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.
113 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite