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git-cvsexportcommit (1)

Name

git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout

Synopsis

git cvsexportcommit [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot]
[-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID

Description

GIT-CVSEXPORTCOMMIT(1)            Git Manual            GIT-CVSEXPORTCOMMIT(1)



NAME
       git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout

SYNOPSIS
       git cvsexportcommit [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot]
               [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID


DESCRIPTION
       Exports a commit from Git to a CVS checkout, making it easier to merge
       patches from a Git repository into a CVS repository.

       Specify the name of a CVS checkout using the -w switch or execute it
       from the root of the CVS working copy. In the latter case GIT_DIR must
       be defined. See examples below.

       It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are
       unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not
       autocommit by default.

       Supports file additions, removals, and commits that affect binary
       files.

       If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell git cvsexportcommit what
       parent the changeset should be done against.

OPTIONS
       -c
           Commit automatically if the patch applied cleanly. It will not
           commit if any hunks fail to apply or there were other problems.

       -p
           Be pedantic (paranoid) when applying patches. Invokes patch with
           --fuzz=0

       -a
           Add authorship information. Adds Author line, and Committer (if
           different from Author) to the message.

       -d
           Set an alternative CVSROOT to use. This corresponds to the CVS -d
           parameter. Usually users will not want to set this, except if using
           CVS in an asymmetric fashion.

       -f
           Force the merge even if the files are not up to date.

       -P
           Force the parent commit, even if it is not a direct parent.

       -m
           Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix. Useful for
           patch series and the like.

       -u
           Update affected files from CVS repository before attempting export.

       -k
           Reverse CVS keyword expansion (e.g. $Revision: 1.2.3.4$ becomes
           $Revision$) in working CVS checkout before applying patch.

       -w
           Specify the location of the CVS checkout to use for the export.
           This option does not require GIT_DIR to be set before execution if
           the current directory is within a Git repository. The default is
           the value of cvsexportcommit.cvsdir.

       -W
           Tell cvsexportcommit that the current working directory is not only
           a Git checkout, but also the CVS checkout. Therefore, Git will
           reset the working directory to the parent commit before proceeding.

       -v
           Verbose.

CONFIGURATION
       cvsexportcommit.cvsdir
           The default location of the CVS checkout to use for the export.

EXAMPLES
       Merge one patch into CVS

               $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
               $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
               $ git cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1>
               $ cvs commit -F .msg <files>


       Merge one patch into CVS (-c and -w options). The working directory is
       within the Git Repo

                       $ git cvsexportcommit -v -c -w ~/project_cvs_checkout <commit-sha1>


       Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know
       what you are doing

               $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
               $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
               $ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit -c -p -v


GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | developer/versioning/git |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted              |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
       This software was built from source available at
       https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.7.4.tar.xz

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://git-scm.com/.



Git 2.7.4                         03/17/2016            GIT-CVSEXPORTCOMMIT(1)