prcs2svn(1)

NAME

prcs2svn - Convert a PRCS project to a SVN repository

SYNOPSIS

prcs2svn prcs_project svn_repository

DESCRIPTION

prcs2svn is a simple minded program to convert a PRCS

project to a SVN repository. Every version of the PRCS project

being converted will be accessed as a tagged version in the SVN

repository. This means that after running prcs2svn, the follow

ing commands will checkout the same set of files:

prcs checkout -r <revision> <prcs_project>
svn checkout <svn_repository>/tags/<revision> .

The svn_repository must already exist in the SVN server

and the access rights must be already given to the user running

the prcs2svn script, otherwise it will fail. A typical usage

would be:

[as root]
rm -rf /svn/repo/<prcs_project>
mkdir -p /svn/repo/<prcs_project>
chown -R <user>:<group> /svn/repo/<prcs_project>

[as user]
prcs2svn <prcs_project> file:///svn/repo/<prcs_project>
[or]
prcs2svn <prcs_project> svn+ssh://<user>@<host>/svn/re

po/<prcs_project>

prcs2svn completely ignores the merging tree of the PRCS

project. It follows a simple algorithm to do the conversion:

first, the list of versions is obtained with the prcs info com

mand. Second, this list is processed sequentially, taking ac

count of file additions and deletions. This algorithm is okay

inside a branch when there are no merges and wheneach version has

one parent and one child. However, the algorithm is suboptimal

when changing branches in the list of versions.

Another limitation of prcs2svn is the fact that file and

directory renaming is completely ignored. Renamed items will ap

pear as deleted and added when going from one tagged SVN revision

to the next.

OPTIONS

-h Show command synopsis.

-q Do not show the output of the prcs and svn commands

being called.

AUTHOR

Rafael Laboissiere

SEE ALSO

prcs (1), svn (1)

perl v5.8.8 2006-05-11

PRCS2SVN(1)