NAME
bk Howto-setup − howto: setting up a BitKeeper
repository
DESCRIPTION
Here are examples on how to setup the initial repository,
import from plain files, a CVS repository, and/or an RCS
repository.
In order to do an import, the destination repository needs to exist. bk setuptool is used when creating the first instance of a repository.
# Setup initial
repository
cd ˜/projects
bk setuptool test_package
# Import of
plain files from a tar archive.
# In order to do an import, the destination
# repository needs to exist. Notice that we put the
# package in subdirectory, this is useful.
mkdir /tmp/gcc
cd /tmp/gcc
tar zxf /tmp/gcc-2.95.2.tgz
bk import -tplain /tmp/gcc ˜/projects/test_package
# Import of a
CVS tree which resides in /tmp/mycvsproject.
bk import -tCVS /tmp/mycvsproject
˜/projects/test_package
# Import of a
RCS tree which resides in /tmp/myrcsproject.
bk import -tRCS /tmp/myrcsproject
˜/projects/test_package
SEE ALSO
bk-Howto
CATEGORY
Overview