Geoff Russell wrote: > On 5/25/06, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 5/25/06, Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> The tight linkage is absolutely essential. >>> >>> When we tag the system, we >>> want to tag everything (not individually tag all 300 programs) >>> so that later we can to branch at that tag. Very few of our >> >> Then you want a single git repo/tree/project. The thing is how to work >> through your mangled CVS history. >> >> Two options there... >> >> - Don't. Import from after the last directory reorg or from your last >> interesting release. Keep the cvs tree for people who really want to >> dig into the past. this has several advantages, as initial checkouts >> will be faster, import times shorter, less pain overall. > > Yes, this is definitely on the shortlist of options. > If we can't keep all the history, we may as well make > a clean start. Thanks for the advice. Well, you can always copy history and graft old CVS history later. Perhaps when "bind" (or Cogito "bind lite") mature enough... -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html