Subject: Re: git cvsimport: new tags not imported on second cvsimport

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:45:49 +0200

Ilya Basin <[email-masked]> writes:

> I made the initial import:
>     git cvsimport -d :pserver:user@blackbird:10010/data/cvs/webgui -C SAP -r cvs -k SAP
>
> edited .git/config:
>     [cvsimport]
>             module = SAP
>             r = cvs
>             d = :pserver:user@blackbird:10010/data/cvs/webgui
>
> did some commits to CVS and created a new tag
>
> Then ran:
>     git cvsimport -ak
> To synchronize with CVS.
>
> The new commits were imported, but the new tag wasn't.

cvsimport never reconsiders changesets that were already imported, so if
the tag was added to such a changeset it won't be seen.

Andreas.

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