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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt index 5a13187a87..82cb41d279 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git-archimport' [-h] [-v] [-o] [-a] [-f] [-T] [-D depth] [-t tempdir] - <archive/branch> [ <archive/branch> ] + <archive/branch>[:<git-branch>] ... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ directory. To follow the development of a project that uses Arch, rerun `git-archimport` with the same parameters as the initial import to perform incremental imports. +While git-archimport will try to create sensible branch names for the +archives that it imports, it is also possible to specify git branch names +manually. To do so, write a git branch name after each <archive/branch> +parameter, separated by a colon. This way, you can shorten the Arch +branch names and convert Arch jargon to git jargon, for example mapping a +"PROJECT--devo--VERSION" branch to "master". + +Associating multiple Arch branches to one git branch is possible; the +result will make the most sense only if no commits are made to the first +branch, after the second branch is created. Still, this is useful to +convert Arch repositories that had been rotated periodically. + + MERGES ------ Patch merge data from Arch is used to mark merges in git as well. git @@ -73,7 +86,9 @@ OPTIONS Use this for compatibility with old-style branch names used by earlier versions of git-archimport. Old-style branch names were category--branch, whereas new-style branch names are - archive,category--branch--version. + archive,category--branch--version. In both cases, names given + on the command-line will override the automatically-generated + ones. -D <depth>:: Follow merge ancestry and attempt to import trees that have been |