[cvsnt] Re: Migration from WinCvs to CVSNT

[Glen Starrett]

mihernandez at glazers.com wrote:
> Shortly we will be moving our web development repositories from WinCvs 1.2 
> running on Windows XP to a Windows Server 2003 box.  Is CVSNT the correct 
> software to use? Can existing repositories be transferred from the Windows 
> XP box directly to a server running CVSNT?

In a word, Yes.

--Make sure your new server is set up properly with a test repository 
for your clients.

--Have them checkin pending changes and release their sandboxes (or use 
the "update cvs\Root file method")

--Backup your repository files

--Set up a new repository on the new server (you can copy things into an 
existing repository too, just saying new to keep it clean).

--Copy the old repository files to the new one except for the CVSROOT. 
Only pull over the CVSROOT files you want (e.g. History).  You can pull 
over all of them, but the new version of CVSNT might have additional 
comments in the admin files.

--Turn off CVS on the old server (or rename the repository directory)

--Update the cvs\Root file if you want to keep your existing sandboxes.

I don't think I forgot anything, but you might want to search to be sure :)


-- 
Glen Starrett