HOWTO-setup(7.3ce) BitKeeper User's Manual HOWTO-setup(7.3ce) 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 BitKeeper Inc 1E1 HOWTO-setup(7.3ce)