Import
First, you should test the import on your local machine:
mkdir ~/cvs-test cd ~/cvs-test cvs -d ~/cvs-test init mkdir ~/wd cd ~/wd # populate directory: touch README AUTHORS NEWS cvs -d ~/cvs-test import -m "Initial import" module you start
When everything working well, you can replace ~/cvs-test by :ext:cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/project