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month's question - Fall 2005
Q: Hey, Greg!
We've been using your CVS hosting service for a couple of years,
but we really need the file renaming capability of Subversion.
How do we upgrade to Subversion hosting and preserve our version
history at the same time?
A: The first thing you should do is log into the Client Login
area of the SourceHosting.net web site. Next, add "Subversion hosting"
to your account from this page and contact
us to
ask us for a CVS repository conversion. Then
we'll run the cvs2svn script
to convert your repository for you.
Cvs2svn is specifically designed
to convert an existing CVS repository into a Subversion repository.
There are a variety of ways to invoke the script, including:
- Trunk only (no tags or branches)
- Pick-and-choose (exclude some tags and/or
branches)
- Full conversion
Depending on which option you choose, you will
either preserve your full CVS history or only some portion of it.
For your case, you need the "full conversion" option.
After we've converted your CVS repository for
you, you can review the new Subversion repository to make sure
the results look correct.
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