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 Introduction 
 BitKeeper Concepts  
 Getting Started  
      - Before You Begin... 
      - Setting Up a Repository 
        . General Setup 
        . Repository Configuration 
      - Populating a BitKeeper Repository 
        . Importing Files 
        . Including and Excluding Files 
        . Adding Individual Files 
      - Working with Repositories 
        . Cloning A Repository 
        . Making Changes 
        . Checking In Changes 
        . Sharing Changes 
        . Backing Out Changes 
 Advanced Operations 
 Advanced Topics 
 Reporting and Data Mining  
 Appendix A: Installation 
 Appendix B: Administration 
 Site Map 
     
Importing Files
If you have many existing files to move into a BitKeeper repository, you probably want to ``import'' them all at once. If you were starting a BitKeeper repository with a very small number of new files, the import step is probably unnecessary, and you could skip to the section on Adding Individual Files.

Files that are not yet checked into a BitKeeper repository are what is imported. This would include plain text, RCS, CVS, SCCS, and patch files.

To import:

bk import -ttype src_tree destination_repository

where type is any of the types of non-BitKeeper files: 


plain   plain text file
patch   patch file (diffs)
RCS     RCS file
CVS     CVS file
SCCS    SCCS file
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