VCS::SCCS An attempt to convert SCCS files to something more modern DESCRIPTION SCCS (Source Code Control System) is a historical and maybe even obsolete VCS (Version Control System). CSSC is the GNU Project's replacement for SCCS. This interface aims at the possibility to read those files, without the need of the sccs utility set, and open up to the possibility of scripts that use it to convert to more modern VCSs like git, Mercurial, or subversion. PREREQUISITES perl-5.6.x Converted our own repositories with perl version 5.6.2, 5.8.x-dor and 5.10.0. Should work fine with all newer perl releases. BUILDING AND INSTALLATION As all CPAN modules: # perl Makefile.PL # make test # make install USING IT Start with the documentation, so you get a grasp of what can and cannot be done $ perldoc VCS::SCCS If you want to dive into the deep, and simply convert your current SCCS folder tree to git, use examples/sccs2git-r which recursively scans down from the current directory for SCCS repositories and merges them down into a single git repository $ cd /my/src/project/ $ perl /path/to/VSC-SCCS/examples/sccs2git-r $ git status If you plan to do more conversions, change the first line of the file examples/sccs2git-r to reflect the location of your perl binary and install it into somewhere in your $PATH and make it executable. The call `perl Makefile.PL` will ask you to install this script. CHANGES See ChangeLog Recent changes can be (re)viewed in the public GIT repository at https://github.com/Tux/VCS-SCCS Feel free to clone your own copy: $ git clone https://github.com/Tux/VCS-SCCS VCS-SCCS or get it as a tgz: $ wget --output-document=VCS-SCCS-git.tgz \ https://github.com/Tux/VCS-SCCS/archive/master.tar.gz OTHER LINKS SCCS is OpenSource http://sccs.berlios.de/ CSSC is OpenSource http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/cssc/ How do I convert from SCCS or RCS to CVS http://www.gigascale.org/softdevel/faq/17.html COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (C) 2007-2023 H.Merijn Brand This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. As always, have the appropriate amount of fun!