git-cvsimport.txt: cvsps-2 is deprecated
git-cvsimport relies on version 2 of cvsps and does not work with the new version 3. Since cvsps 3.x does not currently work as well as version 2 for incremental import, document this fact. Specifically, there is no way to make new git-cvsimport that supports cvsps 3.x and have a seamless transition for existing users since cvsps 3.x needs a time from which to continue importing and git-cvsimport does not save the time of the last import or import into a specific namespace so there is no safe way to calculate the time of the last import. Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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DESCRIPTION
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+*WARNING:* `git cvsimport` uses cvsps version 2, which is considered
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+deprecated; it does not work with cvsps version 3 and later. If you are
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+performing a one-shot import of a CVS repository consider using
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+link:http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2git.html[cvs2git] or
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+link:https://github.com/BartMassey/parsecvs[parsecvs].
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Imports a CVS repository into git. It will either create a new
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repository, or incrementally import into an existing one.
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