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259 <title>git-cvsserver(1)</title>
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264 git-cvsserver(1) Manual Page
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267 <div class="sectionbody">
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269 A CVS server emulator for git
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274 <div class="sectionbody">
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275 <div class="verseblock">
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276 <div class="content">export CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver
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277 <em>cvs</em> -d :ext:user@server/path/repo.git co <HEAD_name></div></div>
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279 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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280 <div class="sectionbody">
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281 <p>This application is a CVS emulation layer for git.</p>
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282 <p>It is highly functional. However, not all methods are implemented,
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283 and for those methods that are implemented,
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284 not all switches are implemented.</p>
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285 <p>Testing has been done using both the CLI CVS client, and the Eclipse CVS
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286 plugin. Most functionality works fine with both of these clients.</p>
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288 <h2>LIMITATIONS</h2>
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289 <div class="sectionbody">
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290 <p>Currently cvsserver works over SSH connections for read/write clients, and
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291 over pserver for anonymous CVS access.</p>
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292 <p>CVS clients cannot tag, branch or perform GIT merges.</p>
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294 <h2>INSTALLATION</h2>
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295 <div class="sectionbody">
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299 If you are going to offer anonymous CVS access via pserver, add a line in
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300 /etc/inetd.conf like
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302 <div class="literalblock">
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303 <div class="content">
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304 <pre><tt>cvspserver stream tcp nowait nobody git-cvsserver pserver</tt></pre>
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307 <div class="content">
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308 <pre><tt>Note: In some cases, you need to pass the 'pserver' argument twice for
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309 git-cvsserver to see it. So the line would look like</tt></pre>
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311 <div class="literalblock">
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312 <div class="content">
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313 <pre><tt>cvspserver stream tcp nowait nobody git-cvsserver pserver pserver</tt></pre>
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315 <div class="literalblock">
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316 <div class="content">
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317 <pre><tt>No special setup is needed for SSH access, other than having GIT tools
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318 in the PATH. If you have clients that do not accept the CVS_SERVER
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319 env variable, you can rename git-cvsserver to cvs.</tt></pre>
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324 For each repo that you want accessible from CVS you need to edit config in
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325 the repo and add the following section.
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327 <div class="literalblock">
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328 <div class="content">
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331 # optional for debugging
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332 logfile=/path/to/logfile</tt></pre>
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334 <div class="literalblock">
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335 <div class="content">
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336 <pre><tt>Note: you need to ensure each user that is going to invoke git-cvsserver has
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337 write access to the log file and to the git repository. When offering anon
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338 access via pserver, this means that the nobody user should have write access
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339 to at least the sqlite database at the root of the repository.</tt></pre>
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344 On the client machine you need to set the following variables.
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345 CVSROOT should be set as per normal, but the directory should point at the
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346 appropriate git repo. For example:
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349 <div class="content">
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350 <pre><tt>For SSH access, CVS_SERVER should be set to git-cvsserver</tt></pre>
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352 <div class="literalblock">
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353 <div class="content">
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354 <pre><tt>Example:</tt></pre>
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356 <div class="literalblock">
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357 <div class="content">
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358 <pre><tt>export CVSROOT=:ext:user@server:/var/git/project.git
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359 export CVS_SERVER=git-cvsserver</tt></pre>
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364 For SSH clients that will make commits, make sure their .bashrc file
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365 sets the GIT_AUTHOR and GIT_COMMITTER variables.
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370 Clients should now be able to check out the project. Use the CVS <em>module</em>
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371 name to indicate what GIT <em>head</em> you want to check out. Example:
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374 <div class="content">
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375 <pre><tt>cvs co -d project-master master</tt></pre>
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380 <h2>Eclipse CVS Client Notes</h2>
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381 <div class="sectionbody">
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382 <p>To get a checkout with the Eclipse CVS client:</p>
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386 Select "Create a new project -> From CVS checkout"
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391 Create a new location. See the notes below for details on how to choose the
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397 Browse the <em>modules</em> available. It will give you a list of the heads in
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398 the repository. You will not be able to browse the tree from there. Only
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404 Pick <em>HEAD</em> when it asks what branch/tag to check out. Untick the
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405 "launch commit wizard" to avoid committing the .project file.
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409 <p>Protocol notes: If you are using anonymous acces via pserver, just select that.
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410 Those using SSH access should choose the <em>ext</em> protocol, and configure <em>ext</em>
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411 access on the Preferences->Team->CVS->ExtConnection pane. Set CVS_SERVER to
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412 <em>git-cvsserver</em>. Not that password support is not good when using <em>ext</em>,
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413 you will definitely want to have SSH keys setup.</p>
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414 <p>Alternatively, you can just use the non-standard extssh protocol that Eclipse
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415 offer. In that case CVS_SERVER is ignored, and you will have to replace
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416 the cvs utility on the server with git-cvsserver or manipulate your .bashrc
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417 so that calling <em>cvs</em> effectively calls git-cvsserver.</p>
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419 <h2>Clients known to work</h2>
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420 <div class="sectionbody">
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421 <p>CVS 1.12.9 on Debian
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422 CVS 1.11.17 on MacOSX (from Fink package)
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423 Eclipse 3.0, 3.1.2 on MacOSX (see Eclipse CVS Client Notes)
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426 <h2>Operations supported</h2>
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427 <div class="sectionbody">
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428 <p>All the operations required for normal use are supported, including
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429 checkout, diff, status, update, log, add, remove, commit.
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430 Legacy monitoring operations are not supported (edit, watch and related).
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431 Exports and tagging (tags and branches) are not supported at this stage.</p>
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432 <p>The server will set the -k mode to binary when relevant. In proper GIT
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433 tradition, the contents of the files are always respected.
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434 No keyword expansion or newline munging is supported.</p>
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436 <h2>Dependencies</h2>
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437 <div class="sectionbody">
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438 <p>git-cvsserver depends on DBD::SQLite.</p>
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440 <h2>Copyright and Authors</h2>
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441 <div class="sectionbody">
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442 <p>This program is copyright The Open University UK - 2006.</p>
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443 <p>Authors: Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>
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444 Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
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445 with ideas and patches from participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.</p>
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447 <h2>Documentation</h2>
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448 <div class="sectionbody">
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449 <p>Documentation by Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz> and Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.</p>
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452 <div class="sectionbody">
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453 <p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(7)</a> suite</p>
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457 Last updated 05-Mar-2006 10:51:09 UTC
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