On Tuesday 09 October 2007 11:25, Thomas Pasch wrote: > Hello, > > using git-cvsimport (1.5.3.4), it dies with > > Update > guidance-common/src/java/com/jentro/manager/guidance/common/servlet/IconSer >vlet.java: 2104 bytes > Tree ID 01cb84cbee2e70a712459be6601b993603eed5bd > Parent ID dcd8dc76f4638d1994165070c9813202992d546a > Committed patch 3775 (bmw +0000 2004-10-14 11:10:43) > Commit ID 53c68066f71651b057884e1101cda3967070724d > Fetching > guidance-common/src/java/com/jentro/manager/guidance/common/serverapi/Guida >nceException.java v 1.14.4.2 > Update > guidance-common/src/java/com/jentro/manager/guidance/common/serverapi/Guida >nceException.java: 3718 bytes > Tree ID 886268190ac2cb28b5f1e6cdb309054bcb8fa38e > Parent ID 53c68066f71651b057884e1101cda3967070724d > Merge parent branch: master > fatal: Not a valid object name master > Use of uninitialized value in chomp at /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 766. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 527. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 767. > Cannot get commit id (): > > What can I do to avoid this problem? I've had some similar problem. I've converted two big old repositories by first converting to SVN using: cvs2svn -s myrepo-svn /path/to/cvsmodule git-svnimport -i -u -C /path/to-git file://myrepo-svn Worked like a charm Cheers --- Jan - To unsubscribe from this list: 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