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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-07-08 18:55:50 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-07-08 18:55:50 -0700
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parentFix "read-tree -m A B" priming the cache-tree (diff)
parentGit 1.7.2-rc2 (diff)
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Merge remote branch 'ko/master' into jc/read-tree-cache-tree-fix
* ko/master: (2325 commits) Git 1.7.2-rc2 backmerge a few more fixes to 1.7.1.X series fix git branch -m in presence of cross devices t/t0006: specify timezone as EST5 not EST to comply with POSIX add missing && to submodule-merge testcase t/README: document more test helpers test-date: fix sscanf type conversion xdiff: optimise for no whitespace difference when ignoring whitespace. gitweb: Move evaluate_gitweb_config out of run_request parse_date: fix signedness in timezone calculation t0006: test timezone parsing rerere.txt: Document forget subcommand t/README: proposed rewording... t/README: Document the do's and don'ts of tests t/README: Add a section about skipping tests t/README: Document test_expect_code t/README: Document test_external* t/README: Document the prereq functions, and 3-arg test_* t/README: Typo: paralell -> parallel t/README: The trash is in 't/trash directory.$name' ... Conflicts: builtin-read-tree.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 22a0389f1e..b09bd9761f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ COMMANDS
Set the 'useSvnsyncProps' option in the [svn-remote] config.
--rewrite-root=<URL>;;
Set the 'rewriteRoot' option in the [svn-remote] config.
+--rewrite-uuid=<UUID>;;
+ Set the 'rewriteUUID' option in the [svn-remote] config.
--username=<USER>;;
For transports that SVN handles authentication for (http,
https, and plain svn), specify the username. For other
@@ -102,9 +104,6 @@ COMMANDS
Store Git commit times in the local timezone instead of UTC. This
makes 'git log' (even without --date=local) show the same times
that `svn log` would in the local timezone.
-
---parent;;
- Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD.
+
This doesn't interfere with interoperating with the Subversion
repository you cloned from, but if you wish for your local Git
@@ -112,6 +111,9 @@ repository to be able to interoperate with someone else's local Git
repository, either don't use this option or you should both use it in
the same local timezone.
+--parent;;
+ Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD.
+
--ignore-paths=<regex>;;
This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will
cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN.
@@ -239,6 +241,19 @@ discouraged.
where <name> is the name of the SVN repository as specified by the -R option to
'init' (or "svn" by default).
+--username;;
+ Specify the SVN username to perform the commit as. This option overrides
+ the 'username' configuration property.
+
+--commit-url;;
+ Use the specified URL to connect to the destination Subversion
+ repository. This is useful in cases where the source SVN
+ repository is read-only. This option overrides configuration
+ property 'commiturl'.
++
+ git config --get-all svn-remote.<name>.commiturl
++
+
'tag'::
Create a tag in the SVN repository. This is a shorthand for
'branch -t'.
@@ -320,6 +335,13 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git log'
directories. The output is suitable for appending to
the $GIT_DIR/info/exclude file.
+'mkdirs'::
+ Attempts to recreate empty directories that core git cannot track
+ based on information in $GIT_DIR/svn/<refname>/unhandled.log files.
+ Empty directories are automatically recreated when using
+ "git svn clone" and "git svn rebase", so "mkdirs" is intended
+ for use after commands like "git checkout" or "git reset".
+
'commit-diff'::
Commits the diff of two tree-ish arguments from the
command-line. This command does not rely on being inside an `git svn
@@ -609,6 +631,12 @@ svn-remote.<name>.rewriteRoot::
the repository with a public http:// or svn:// URL in the
metadata so users of it will see the public URL.
+svn-remote.<name>.rewriteUUID::
+ Similar to the useSvmProps option; this is for users who need
+ to remap the UUID manually. This may be useful in situations
+ where the original UUID is not available via either useSvmProps
+ or useSvnsyncProps.
+
svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround::
This disables potentially expensive checks to workaround
broken symlinks checked into SVN by broken clients. Set this
@@ -618,13 +646,14 @@ svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround::
revision fetched. If unset, 'git svn' assumes this option to
be "true".
-Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps
+Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, rewriteUUID, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps
options all affect the metadata generated and used by 'git svn'; they
*must* be set in the configuration file before any history is imported
and these settings should never be changed once they are set.
-Additionally, only one of these four options can be used per-svn-remote
-section because they affect the 'git-svn-id:' metadata line.
+Additionally, only one of these options can be used per svn-remote
+section because they affect the 'git-svn-id:' metadata line, except
+for rewriteRoot and rewriteUUID which can be used together.
BASIC EXAMPLES
@@ -735,6 +764,16 @@ merges you've made. Furthermore, if you merge or pull from a git branch
that is a mirror of an SVN branch, 'dcommit' may commit to the wrong
branch.
+If you do merge, note the following rule: 'git svn dcommit' will
+attempt to commit on top of the SVN commit named in
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+git log --grep=^git-svn-id: --first-parent -1
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+You 'must' therefore ensure that the most recent commit of the branch
+you want to dcommit to is the 'first' parent of the merge. Chaos will
+ensue otherwise, especially if the first parent is an older commit on
+the same SVN branch.
+
'git clone' does not clone branches under the refs/remotes/ hierarchy or
any 'git svn' metadata, or config. So repositories created and managed with
using 'git svn' should use 'rsync' for cloning, if cloning is to be done
@@ -799,6 +838,22 @@ independent path component (surrounded by '/' or EOL). This
type of configuration is not automatically created by 'init' and
should be manually entered with a text-editor or using 'git config'.
+It is also possible to fetch a subset of branches or tags by using a
+comma-separated list of names within braces. For example:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+[svn-remote "huge-project"]
+ url = http://server.org/svn
+ fetch = trunk/src:refs/remotes/trunk
+ branches = branches/{red,green}/src:refs/remotes/branches/*
+ tags = tags/{1.0,2.0}/src:refs/remotes/tags/*
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Note that git-svn keeps track of the highest revision in which a branch
+or tag has appeared. If the subset of branches or tags is changed after
+fetching, then .git/svn/.metadata must be manually edited to remove (or
+reset) branches-maxRev and/or tags-maxRev as appropriate.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rebase[1]