changeset 9235:997c4ac150c7

Add CVS checkout update instructions.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@linuix.haible.de>
date Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:59:45 +0200
parents 67dac9500a0e
children dd48627b9d1c
files ChangeLog README
diffstat 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog	Fri Sep 28 16:51:52 2007 -0600
+++ b/ChangeLog	Sun Sep 30 00:59:45 2007 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-09-29  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* README: Add CVS checkout update instructions.
+	Info from Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>.
+
 2007-09-28  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
 	Provide move-if-change.
--- a/README	Fri Sep 28 16:51:52 2007 -0600
+++ b/README	Sun Sep 30 00:59:45 2007 +0200
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@
 connection, CVS checkouts are also supported:
   $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@pserver.git.sv.gnu.org:/gnulib.git co -d gnulib HEAD
 
+CVS checkouts from before 2007-09-19 can be converted to the new read-only CVS
+location through commands like these:
+  $ find . -name Root       -exec sed --in-place 's|.*|:pserver:anonymous@pserver.git.sv.gnu.org:/gnulib.git|' {} ';'
+  $ find . -name Repository -exec sed --in-place 's|^gnulib|/srv/git/gnulib.git/HEAD|' {} ';'
+
 Gnulib is hosted on savannah.gnu.org.  The project page is
 http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib.