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-rw-r--r--contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
index ac8e6cff0b..aa9f31e5fc 100644
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ continue importing the remaining changes with
After submitting you should sync your perforce import branch ("p4" or "origin")
from Perforce using git-p4's sync command.
+If you have changes in your working directory that you haven't committed into
+git yet but that you want to commit to Perforce directly ("quick fixes") then
+you do not have to go through the intermediate step of creating a git commit
+first but you can just call
+
+ git-p4 submit --direct
+
Example
=======
@@ -156,5 +163,5 @@ Implementation Details...
to find out which changes need to be imported.
* git-p4 submit uses "git rev-list" to pick the commits between the "p4" branch
and the current branch.
- The commits themselves are applied using git diff-tree ... | patch -p1
+ The commits themselves are applied using git diff/format-patch ... | git apply