6 git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout
11 'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot]
12 [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
17 Exports a commit from GIT to a CVS checkout, making it easier
18 to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository.
20 Specify the name of a CVS checkout using the -w switch or execute it
21 from the root of the CVS working copy. In the latter case GIT_DIR must
22 be defined. See examples below.
24 It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are
25 unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit
28 Supports file additions, removals, and commits that affect binary files.
30 If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell 'git-cvsexportcommit' what
31 parent the changeset should be done against.
37 Commit automatically if the patch applied cleanly. It will not
38 commit if any hunks fail to apply or there were other problems.
41 Be pedantic (paranoid) when applying patches. Invokes patch with
45 Add authorship information. Adds Author line, and Committer (if
46 different from Author) to the message.
49 Set an alternative CVSROOT to use. This corresponds to the CVS
50 -d parameter. Usually users will not want to set this, except
51 if using CVS in an asymmetric fashion.
54 Force the merge even if the files are not up to date.
57 Force the parent commit, even if it is not a direct parent.
60 Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix.
61 Useful for patch series and the like.
64 Update affected files from CVS repository before attempting export.
67 Specify the location of the CVS checkout to use for the export. This
68 option does not require GIT_DIR to be set before execution if the
69 current directory is within a git repository. The default is the
70 value of 'cvsexportcommit.cvsdir'.
73 Tell cvsexportcommit that the current working directory is not only
74 a Git checkout, but also the CVS checkout. Therefore, Git will
75 reset the working directory to the parent commit before proceeding.
82 cvsexportcommit.cvsdir::
83 The default location of the CVS checkout to use for the export.
88 Merge one patch into CVS::
91 $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
92 $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
93 $ git cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1>
94 $ cvs commit -F .msg <files>
97 Merge one patch into CVS (-c and -w options). The working directory is within the Git Repo::
100 $ git cvsexportcommit -v -c -w ~/project_cvs_checkout <commit-sha1>
103 Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing::
106 $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
107 $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
108 $ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit -c -p -v
113 Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others.
117 Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others.
121 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite