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Cleanup warning about known issues in cvsimport documentation

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Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Heiko Voigt 2009-04-01 22:24:28 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
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@ -173,24 +173,26 @@ ISSUES
Problems related to timestamps:
* If timestamps of commits in the cvs repository are not stable enough
to be used for ordering commits
to be used for ordering commits changes may show up in the wrong
order.
* If any files were ever "cvs import"ed more than once (e.g., import of
more than one vendor release)
more than one vendor release) the HEAD contains the wrong content.
* If the timestamp order of different files cross the revision order
within the commit matching time window
within the commit matching time window the order of commits may be
wrong.
Problems related to branches:
* Branches on which no commits have been made are not imported
* Branches on which no commits have been made are not imported.
* All files from the branching point are added to a branch even if
never added in cvs
* files added to the source branch *after* a daughter branch was
created: If previously no commit was made on the daugther branch they
will erroneously be added to the daughter branch in git
never added in cvs.
* This applies to files added to the source branch *after* a daughter
branch was created: if previously no commit was made on the daughter
branch they will erroneously be added to the daughter branch in git.
Problems related to tags:
* Multiple tags on the same revision are not imported
* Multiple tags on the same revision are not imported.
If you suspect that any of these issues may apply to the repository you
want to import consider using these alternative tools which proved to be