CVS2GIT migration failed - fatal: mark :6885 not declared

Question

i was trying to run git fast-import using dump.dat file but got an error like fatal mark not declared.

[root@linuxbuild spa-linux.git]# git fast-import --export-marks=../git-tmp/git-marks1.dat<../dump.dat fatal: mark :6885 not declared fast-import: dumping crash report to fast_import_crash_27128

does someone can help me to resolve this error?

Answer 1

Should you be using --import-marks (not export)?

See CVS2GIT- Conversion: Error "mark ... not declared" when running git fast-import