[Clug-tech] CVS gurus?

[John E. Jardine]

Hi,

The scenario is that the original CVS repository is a corporate one  
owned and controlled by a build adminstrator.

I want to be able to image it locally to play with it and eventually  
become my own build admistrator - all the while keeping it current.

Thanks,
J.J.

PS: Shaw Internet is having a bit of a nap in my neighbourhood so I'll  
only be on intermittantly.


Quoting Mark Carlson <carlsonmark at gmail.com>:

> On 7/6/09, John Jardine <john_e_jardine at spamcop.net> wrote:
>> Ok - this might be more of a case of me just not knowing what I'm doing
>>  than requiring Guru level assistance.
>>
>>  I want to create a local CVS repository on my DNS-323 (NAS box) that is
>>  a clone of a remote CVS repository.  As time passes the repositories
>>  will diverge - so I also need a way to sync them again.
>>
>>  A pain point is that I don't have direct connectivity between the two.
>>  The NAS is on my local network but the remote CVS repository is only
>>  available via a VPN from a windows box, the good news is that the
>>  windows box is on the same local network as the NAS.
>>
>>  Thoughts, comments?
>
> Is this description correct?
> 1. You need to access your CVS repo (not just the files in the repo)
> while "offline".
> 2. You need to check-in while "offline"
> 3. Other people will be checking code in to the main repo while you
> have checked in code while "offline"
>
> If you don't need to do #2, above, then just rsyncing the rcs files
> should work.  If you do need to check stuff in to your local repo and
> merge with the upstream CVS server... consider moving to GIT?  There
> is probably a way, but I can't think of one right now.
>
> -Mark C.
>
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