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WARNING: git cvsimport uses cvsps version 2, which is considered deprecated; it does not work with cvsps version 3 and later. If you are performing a one-shot import of a CVS repository consider usingcvs2git orcvs-fast-export.

Imports a CVS repository into Git. It will either create a new repository, or incrementally import into an existing one.

Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by cvsps. At least version 2.1 is required.

WARNING: for certain situations the import leads to incorrect results. Please see the section ISSUES for further reference.

You should never do any work of your own on the branches that are created by git cvsimport. By default initial import will create and populate a "master" branch from the CVS repository’s main branch which you’re free to work with; after that, you need to git merge incremental imports, or any CVS branches, yourself. It is advisable to specify a named remote via -r to separate and protect the incoming branches.

If you intend to set up a shared public repository that all developers can read/write, or if you want to use git-cvsserver(1), then you probably want to make a bare clone of the imported repository, and use the clone as the shared repository. See gitcvs-migration(7).