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Visual SourceSafe to Perforce Migration
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Source and documentation for Perforce's VssToP4 scripts - Perl scripts to
migrate a repository from Microsoft's Visual SourceSafe into Perforce.
<p>This set of Perl scripts converts VSS archives to Perforce, preserving the
original times and authors. Branches are translated verbatim, individual file
revisions are grouped as much as possible into Perforce's notion of atomic
changes.</p>
<p>Requires Perl 5.6, VSS 5.0 or later and Perforce 97.3 or later. The
scripts only run on Windows (read values from Registry).</p>
<p>Basic Files required to download are (see <a href="ftp://public.perforce.com/public/perforce/utils/vsstop4/main/README.txt">readme.txt</a>
for more info):</p>
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<a href="http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Register.plex?id=ActivePerl">
ActiveState Perl</a> (5.6 most frequently tested although 5.8 works)</li>
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<a href="http://public.perforce.com/public/perforce/utils/vsstop4/main/vsstop4.zip">vsstop4.zip</a> (source files for conversion)</b></p>
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<a href="http://public.perforce.com/guest/tony_smith/perforce/API/Perl/released/p4perl56-setup-3.4804.exe">
P4Perl 3.4804 for Perl 5.6.6</a><b> </b>or
<a href="http://public.perforce.com/guest/tony_smith/perforce/API/Perl/released/p4perl58-setup-3.4804.exe">
P4Perl 3.4804 for Perl 5.8</a> (required interface to P4 from Perl) - newer
versions of P4Perl may require updates to the scripts (install after Perl is
installed).</li>
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<p>These scripts are not fully supported - but feel free to contact Curator
below.</p>
<p>There are a couple of utilities available at:
<a href="http://public.perforce.com/guest/robert_cowham/perforce/utils/index.html">
http://public.perforce.com/guest/robert_cowham/perforce/utils/index.html</a>
which will help with reporting on branched and deleted files in VSS, also files
with illegal filenames for Perforce (e.g. containing '#' or '@' - although these
are no longer illegal with version 2004.2 of the server but do require
escaping).</p>
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<td valign=top> Robert Cowham. Please email
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<p><b>Details:</b></p>
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<li>Checkout the <a href="ftp://public.perforce.com/public/perforce/utils/vsstop4/main/README.txt">readme.txt</a>
file. All files are downloadable from the Public Depot via FTP (see links
above).</li>
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<p><b>Updated:</b></p>
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<a href="ftp://public.perforce.com/public/perforce/utils/vsstop4/main/CHANGELOG.txt">
changelog.txt</a> file.</li>
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</BODY> | # | Change | User | Description | Committed | |
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| #1 | 5093 | Hari Krishna Dara |
Populating perforce branch. I will be adding p4admin files to it. |
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| //guest/perforce_software/utils/vsstop4/index.html | |||||
| #15 | 5075 | Robert Cowham |
- Use ->Connect() rather than Init() (version 3.4804 of the released P4Perl). - Add troubleshooting help. |
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| #14 | 4936 | Robert Cowham | Be specific about version of P4Perl to use | ||
| #13 | 4641 | Robert Cowham | Updated to cope with changes to P4Perl - call MergeErrors when setting up. | ||
| #12 | 4026 | Robert Cowham |
Make previous change configurable rather than hard-coding and add explanation to config.ini about it. Point Update section on web page to Changelog.txt |
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| #11 | 4000 | Robert Cowham |
Remove changes for non-P4Perl version. Improved Web page with download links. |
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| #10 | 3926 | Robert Cowham | P4Perl is now required for the scripts to run. | ||
| #9 | 3920 | Robert Cowham | Zip up latest changes. | ||
| #8 | 3815 | Robert Cowham | Fixed problem with line of asterisks in change comment. | ||
| #7 | 3798 | Robert Cowham | Latest changes | ||
| #6 | 3611 | Robert Cowham | Updated .zip file and web | ||
| #5 | 3558 | Robert Cowham |
Fixed bug with French date formats. Autoupdate client root and view based on config.ini entries. |
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| #4 | 3557 | Robert Cowham |
Updated .zip file reference. Also change notes. |
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| #3 | 2172 | Robert Cowham | Added comment | ||
| #2 | 2171 | Robert Cowham |
Correct link. Make into ktext. |
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| #1 | 2170 | Robert Cowham | First version of web page | ||