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| author | Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> | 2008-07-04 22:43:41 -0600 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-07-05 17:42:16 -0700 |
| commit | a41a32bf1ce74f3be5c1ab398db1a93b89e6a99e (patch) | |
| tree | be09b31f54da0425dfa341b7bdd3a737697b39c7 /Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | |
| parent | 2b2da6846370978123935258890a059167dc73bd (diff) | |
| download | git-a41a32bf1ce74f3be5c1ab398db1a93b89e6a99e.tar.gz | |
Documentation cvs: Clarify when a bare repository is needed
New users sometimes import a project and then immediately
try to use the imported repository as a central shared repository.
This provides pointers about setting up a bare repository for that
in the parts of the documentation dealing with CVS migration.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 3310ae25ff..19da87e71d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ write access to the log file and to the database (see <<dbbackend,Database Backend>>. If you want to offer write access over SSH, the users of course also need write access to the git repository itself. +You also need to ensure that each repository is "bare" (without a git index +file) for `cvs commit` to work. See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]. + [[configaccessmethod]] All configuration variables can also be overridden for a specific method of access. Valid method names are "ext" (for SSH access) and "pserver". The |