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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-07-06 15:38:28 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-07-06 15:38:28 -0700 |
| commit | 25d33546d474c7c28b72013c262fc23337cb3b21 (patch) | |
| tree | 7551eb457a33329be6b3bb0fc11f76118a6e2c42 /Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt | |
| parent | Merge commit 'v1.7.0' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix (diff) | |
| parent | Git 1.7.6 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-25d33546d474c7c28b72013c262fc23337cb3b21.tar.xz | |
Merge commit 'v1.7.6' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix
* commit 'v1.7.6': (3211 commits)
Git 1.7.6
completion: replace core.abbrevguard to core.abbrev
Git 1.7.6-rc3
Documentation: git diff --check respects core.whitespace
gitweb: 'pickaxe' and 'grep' features requires 'search' to be enabled
t7810: avoid unportable use of "echo"
plug a few coverity-spotted leaks
builtin/gc.c: add missing newline in message
tests: link shell libraries into valgrind directory
t/Makefile: pass test opts to valgrind target properly
sh-i18n--envsubst.c: do not #include getopt.h
Fix typo: existant->existent
Git 1.7.6-rc2
gitweb: do not misparse nonnumeric content tag files that contain a digit
Git 1.7.6-rc1
fetch: do not leak a refspec
t3703: skip more tests using colons in file names on Windows
gitweb: Fix usability of $prevent_xss
gitweb: Move "Requirements" up in gitweb/INSTALL
gitweb: Describe CSSMIN and JSMIN in gitweb/INSTALL
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt | 31 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index ddfcb3d143..6695ab3b4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>] [-C <git_repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>] [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commitlimit>] - [-r <remote>] [<CVS_module>] + [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS_module>] DESCRIPTION @@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to export changes back to CVS again later with 'git cvsexportcommit'. +-R:: + Generate a `$GIT_DIR/cvs-revisions` file containing a mapping from CVS + revision numbers to newly-created Git commit IDs. The generated file + will contain one line for each (filename, revision) pair imported; + each line will look like ++ +--------- +src/widget.c 1.1 1d862f173cdc7325b6fa6d2ae1cfd61fd1b512b7 +--------- ++ +The revision data is appended to the file if it already exists, for use when +doing incremental imports. ++ +This option may be useful if you have CVS revision numbers stored in commit +messages, bug-tracking systems, email archives, and the like. + -h:: Print a short usage message and exit. @@ -172,7 +188,7 @@ ISSUES ------ Problems related to timestamps: - * If timestamps of commits in the cvs repository are not stable enough + * If timestamps of commits in the CVS repository are not stable enough to be used for ordering commits changes may show up in the wrong order. * If any files were ever "cvs import"ed more than once (e.g., import of @@ -185,7 +201,7 @@ Problems related to branches: * Branches on which no commits have been made are not imported. * All files from the branching point are added to a branch even if - never added in cvs. + never added in CVS. * This applies to files added to the source branch *after* a daughter branch was created: if previously no commit was made on the daughter branch they will erroneously be added to the daughter branch in git. @@ -201,15 +217,6 @@ more stable in practice: * cvs2git (part of cvs2svn), `http://cvs2svn.tigris.org` * parsecvs, `http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~keithp/parsecvs` -Author ------- -Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>, with help from -various participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |