| .. _migrating-from-a-tarball: |
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| Migrating from a Tarball |
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| .. |diffcommand| replace:: :command:`diff -ru -x data -x lib -x docs -x .git -x CVS -x .cvsignore -x .bzr -x .bzrignore -x .bzrrev ../bugzilla-new . > ../patch.diff` |
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| .. |extstatusinfo| replace:: Copy across any subdirectories which do not exist |
| in your new install. |
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| The procedure to migrate to Git is as follows. The idea is to switch without |
| changing the version of Bugzilla you are using, to minimise the risk of |
| conflict or problems. Any upgrade can then happen as a separate step. |
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| .. include:: migrating-from-2.inc.rst |
