Importing Docs CVS modules to git

This document demonstrates how to turn a Docs CVS module into a git repo.

Create author file

Get the script found here: http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/scripts/authors-from-fas2-group.py

Run the script:

python authors-from-fas2-group.py

Provide your FAS username and password, and the group name docs. You will also need to run it again with the group name cvsl10n. Use the cat command to copy both sets of results (in any order) to a single file authors.txt.

NOTE: When you're finished with importing Docs CVS modules, don't bother to retain the authors.txt file, as the results are expected to change over time.

Import CVS to git

1. Install git if you haven't already:

   su -c 'yum install git-all'

2. Make a directory for your new git repository:

   mkdir -p <GITREPODIR>

3. Run git-cvsimport for the module. Substitute the directory you just made for <GITREPODIR>, and the module name (like "foo-guide") for <MODULE>.
   
   

   Keep in mind
   

   1. If the module is branched for each Fedora release, you probably want to use "foo-guide/devel" for <MODULE>.
   2. The \ character is a line wrap, so this command is one line.

   git-cvsimport -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.fedoraproject.org:/cvs/docs   \
   -S docs-common -v -C <GITREPODIR> -u -p x -a -A ~/authors.txt <MODULE>

This step could take quite a while, depending on the size of the repository and the speed of your network connection.