[TriLUG] Migrating CVS to a new server

[William Sutton]

I've moved a WinCVS installation to a RHES box, so I have some reference 
for what you're trying to do.

Basically the entire repository is self-contained.  Since you're moving 
from one Red Hat system to another, that should further minimize the 
difficulties.

Basically what I would suggest is this:
- Set up your new CVS server with the cvsroot in the same location as your 
existing setup
- copy your existing CVS server's cvsroot contents (including special CVS 
directories) to the new server's cvsroot
- replicate any user accounts necessary
- test the heck out of it

It should work.  Assuming it does, blow away your new CVS server's cvsroot 
contents, replace them with your current CVS server's cvsroot contents, 
shutdown CVS on the existing server, and swap boxes.

Now, when it comes to Subversion, I have't this sort of experience, but my 
research at the time indicated that Subversion has some sort of tried and 
generally reliable (being Open Source, they don't guarantee anything) CVS 
-> SVN conversion utility.

HTH :)

-- 
William Sutton


On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Steve Hoffman wrote:

> My company currently uses CVS for version control, but the box it's running
> on is a sadly outdated RH9 box that is in serious need of some attention.
> I'd like to upgrade it to RHEL4 as soon as possible, but I've never had to
> move a repository.  I've done just a little googling with no luck and
> figured someone here had to have done it before.  My eventual plans are to
> switch to subversion, but I want to use that same box to do it so CVS needs
> to be somewhere else until I can get it all ready.
> 
> Any pointers?
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve
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