Creating CVS repository: cvs [import aborted]: attempt to import the repository
 

Hi there,

I'm trying to set up a CVS repository in my linux account.

I do:

% export CVSROOT=~/mycvs
% cvs init

It looks like up to this point anything worked fine. I get a CVSROOT directory plenty of administration files. Then I try to create an empty project:

% mkdir foo
% cd foo
% cvs import -m. foo foo initial

But I get this message:

cvs [import aborted]: attempt to import the repository

As I've read, this should happen if the foo directory was inside ~/mycvs/CVSROOT ... which is not the case. Does anyone have some idea about this?

Thank you very much...

You have to be to the parent directory of the repository, so "cd foo" is not needed.

I tried as you write, but I get the same message :-(.

CVSROOT
 

Without explaining it any further, CVSROOT needs to be a clean dir one level below your home dir:

- Let's say my home directory is /home/wsanders
- mkdir /home/wsanders/CVSROOT
- export CVSROOT=/home/wsanders/CVSROOT
- cvs init
- It will make /home/wsanders/CVSROOT/CVSROOT
- Cd to /home/wsanders/MyProj
- cvs import -m Imported Myproj wsanders foo
- This will import the project, project CVS files are in /home/wsanders/CVSROOT/MyProj
- cd /home/wsanders ; rm -r MyProj
- cvs co Myproj
etc etc etc

-w