diff --git a/contrib/convert-repo b/contrib/convert-repo
--- a/contrib/convert-repo
+++ b/contrib/convert-repo
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class convert_cvs:
             os.chdir(self.path)
             id = None
             state = 0
-            for l in os.popen("cvsps -A"):
+            for l in os.popen("cvsps -A -u --cvs-direct -q"):
                 if state == 0: # header
                     if l.startswith("PatchSet"):
                         id = l[9:-2]