[BNM] Version Control Software - any one?

Tom Hume Tom.Hume at futureplatforms.com
Mon Apr 2 11:08:21 BST 2007


Hmm, that might be the way we end up going... but if it is possible  
to cleanly migrate and keep this stuff in one place, I'd rather do  
that...

On 2 Apr 2007, at 09:23, Martin Tomes wrote:

> Tom Hume wrote:
>> We use CVS at FP, but enviously look over at Subversion.
>>
>> Anyone had experience migrating large (1GB) source trees from CVS to
>> SVN?
>
> I believe that a good option is to export the current code from CVS  
> and
> import it into Subversion and when you need history go back to CVS. If
> you install ViewVC you can look at both with the same interface. Over
> time you will be looking at the CVS history less and less.
>
> We have a 22Gb CVS repository and our SVN repository is now heading
> towards 4Gb.
>
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> Visit http://www.subversionary.org/
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