git cvsimport Error: “root … must be an absolute pathname”

Question

I\'m trying to clone a CVS repository using git:

lawsa~/java/projects/iu$ git cvsimport -C ../iugit ebs/fs/kfs
Expected Valid-requests from server, but got: E Ro         


        

Answer 1

I finally had some success with the git cvs command. It seems that you can import your directory without specifying :extssh in your cvs root. Simply go to a new directory and enter:

git cvsimport -v -d user@server:/path/to/dir -r cvs -k my_module

This solved the "must be an absolute pathname" error.