cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@libquicktime.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/libquicktime login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@libquicktime.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/libquicktime co -P libquicktime cd libquicktime git cvsimport -v In github.com press + and new repository, choose repository name: libquicktime without "Initialize this repository with a README" . and run: git remote add origin git@github.com:sergiomb2/libquicktime.git git push -u origin master and I got this : https://github.com/sergiomb2/libquicktime/commits/master