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NAME top

       git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout

SYNOPSIS top

       git cvsexportcommit [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d <cvsroot>]
               [-w <cvs-workdir>] [-W] [-f] [-m <msgprefix>] [<parent-commit>] <commit-id>

DESCRIPTION top

       Exports a commit from Git to a CVS checkout, making it easier to
       merge patches from a Git repository into a CVS repository.

       Specify the name of a CVS checkout using the -w switch or execute
       it from the root of the CVS working copy. In the latter case
       GIT_DIR must be defined. See examples below.

       It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the
       files are unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it
       will not autocommit by default.

       Supports file additions, removals, and commits that affect binary
       files.

       If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell git cvsexportcommit
       what parent the changeset should be done against.

OPTIONS top

       -c
           Commit automatically if the patch applied cleanly. It will not
           commit if any hunks fail to apply or there were other
           problems.

       -p
           Be pedantic (paranoid) when applying patches. Invokes patch
           with --fuzz=0

       -a
           Add authorship information. Adds Author line, and Committer
           (if different from Author) to the message.

       -d
           Set an alternative CVSROOT to use. This corresponds to the CVS
           -d parameter. Usually users will not want to set this, except
           if using CVS in an asymmetric fashion.

       -f
           Force the merge even if the files are not up to date.

       -P
           Force the parent commit, even if it is not a direct parent.

       -m
           Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix. Useful
           for patch series and the like.

       -u
           Update affected files from CVS repository before attempting
           export.

       -k
           Reverse CVS keyword expansion (e.g. $Revision: 1.2.3.4$
           becomes $Revision$) in working CVS checkout before applying
           patch.

       -w
           Specify the location of the CVS checkout to use for the
           export. This option does not require GIT_DIR to be set before
           execution if the current directory is within a Git repository.
           The default is the value of cvsexportcommit.cvsdir.

       -W
           Tell cvsexportcommit that the current working directory is not
           only a Git checkout, but also the CVS checkout. Therefore, Git
           will reset the working directory to the parent commit before
           proceeding.

       -v
           Verbose.

CONFIGURATION top

       cvsexportcommit.cvsdir
           The default location of the CVS checkout to use for the
           export.

EXAMPLES top

       Merge one patch into CVS

               $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
               $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
               $ git cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1>
               $ cvs commit -F .msg <files>

       Merge one patch into CVS (-c and -w options). The working
       directory is within the Git Repo

                       $ git cvsexportcommit -v -c -w ~/project_cvs_checkout <commit-sha1>

       Merge pending patches into CVS automatically — only if you really
       know what you are doing

               $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
               $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
               $ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit -c -p -v

GIT top

       Part of the git(1) suite

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