git cvsserver ?

[Guillaume Ch]

Hi,

I've successfully used cvsserver from linux like this :

export CVS_SERVER="git cvsserver"

cvs -d ":ext:user@server:/{pathtorepository}/{project}.git" co -d project master

But, on Windows I get this :

set CVS_SERVER="git cvsserver"

cvs -d ":ext:user@server:/{pathtorepository}/{project}.git" co -d project master

I get :

cvs checkout: warning: unrecognized response `' from cvs server

cvs checkout: warning: unrecognized response `' from cvs server

cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)

It seems git-cvs server.exe is not build/bundle for windows. Why ? 

Regards,

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

First of all, it is not an .exe, it is a Perl script. Second, this is the
very first bug report I see about this, and hence I assumed quite a bit of
time ago that git-cvsserver is just a maintenance burden for nothing of
value at all, and therefore it is excluded from the end-user facing Git
for Windows installer.

If you still want to use it, you can use it in Git for Windows' SDK [*1*],
but you should be aware that the onus of investigating and fixing bugs
lies with you, then... `git cvsserver` is not part of the officially
supported Git for Windows.

Ciao,
Johannes

Footnote *1*: https://gitforwindows.org/#download-sdk