Add CVS checkout update instructions.

[gnulib.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 1c43162..fb419af 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ For those among us who have tightly limited disk space and a fast network
 connection, CVS checkouts are also supported:
   $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@pserver.git.sv.gnu.org:/gnulib.git co -d gnulib HEAD
 
+CVS checkouts from before 2007-09-19 can be converted to the new read-only CVS
+location through commands like these:
+  $ find . -name Root       -exec sed --in-place 's|.*|:pserver:anonymous@pserver.git.sv.gnu.org:/gnulib.git|' {} ';'
+  $ find . -name Repository -exec sed --in-place 's|^gnulib|/srv/git/gnulib.git/HEAD|' {} ';'
+
 Gnulib is hosted on savannah.gnu.org.  The project page is
 http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib.