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Import a CVS repository into GIT results in some misleading behaviors related to timestamps

I have used git cvsimport to import my CVS repository into a brand new GIT one. Unfortunately, in some cases some commits have been reported in a wrong order. E.g. I had two CVS revisions of a file, rev1.1 at 11.39am and rev1.2 at 11.42am; in GIT, I…
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How to clone CVS repository with empty directories

I convert a CVS repository to a Git repository with the following command: $ git cvsimport -vaikd :pserver:thillaiselvan@192.168.1.11:2401/ -C IVR-GUI GIT However, Git ignores the empty directories in the CVS repository. But I want the repository…
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Export Git Changes to CVS

I am in the process of converting a CVS repository to Git. Currently, all developers commit any changes that they make to HEAD in CVS. Testing is done on a version of the application that is the latest from HEAD. I have an automatic script that uses…
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How to permanently erase a file from CVS history

I have been looking for a "proper" way to completely erase a file from CVS history, but can't find it. I don't care if it still appears in the logs, or if particular checkouts with earlier revisions related to that file show up errors. All that…
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git cvsimport missing tags

I'm migrating huge CVS repository into git and I've figured out that not all tags were migrated (the history looks ok). Probably it's because the Tags in CVS were created not on the whole repository, but on particular folders, and in addition some…
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How to work on git branches created by cvsimport?

My man page for git cvsimport says You should never do any work of your own on the branches that are created by git cvsimport. There's something here I don't understand. I'm migrating a project from CVS to git. Once I've imported the…
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Git: "get_tz_offset" is not exported by the Git module

Attempting to convert an old CVS repository into a git repo while keeping all the git history. However, I'm encountering the following error when I run the following command inside of my old CVS project: git cvsimport -C "Directory of where I want…
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Why cvs2git not migrating properly when Attic folder in it?

I am trying to migrate cvs to git but the repository doesn't get migrated when the Attic folder in it. It's migrated README.txt file alone. How to migrate properly even Attic folder in it? CVS: ls -ltr /home/user/cvs/myproject/ total 4 -r--r-----.…
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Prestashop CVSImport does not import my existing 17000 customers

I try to import my existing customers to the new site which is prepared using prestashop. I prepared the cvs file as in the samples.I have over 17000 existing customer records. When I tried to import whole file I managed to insert around 5000…
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How can I do a git cvsimport with special characeters in fielnames?

We have about 100 CVS repositories which we like to convert to git. We tried using git cvsimport which works fine. But we have some files with special characters in their filename. The special characters end up as non printable characters in the…
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git cvsimport with AuthReply: I Hate you error. Used cvs login but still fail

I tried to use git cvsimport with git cvsimport -v -d :pserver:kuongkwan@PSLIS:/slis -r cvs -k SLIS I tried the solution cvs -d :pserver:kuongkwan@PSLIS:/slis login already which has been posted before in stackoverflow by the others, but it…
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How to migrate CVS repository with multiple modules as a single repository into Gitlab

I want to migrate CVS repositories into Gitlab. I have multiple modules under a repository. I need to migrate as a single repository in Gitlab with all directories. CVS Repository: Repository ---> module_1 module_2 …
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Why CVS to GIT migration files having difference after migration?

I am migrating CVS repository to GIT using cvs2git tool but am getting minor changes on few files after CVS to GIT migration. Is this ok ? OR should I need to migrate properly? [root@test myproject-cvs2git]# git diff -w…
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Avoid duplicate images in Prestashop 1.6 when import CSV

I am having issues with Prestashop 1.6 and I hope I could find some help in here. Basically, I uploaded a csv with all the products and everything worked fine. After that I also uploaded another csv with the combinations that include the images…
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Rails: insert associated column_id by looking up another column when importing from CSV file

I looked at some issues here on StackOverflow and didn't find my case (which I think strange because my goal seems to be common enough). I have two models: Products and Categories that are associated as follows: product belongs_to…
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