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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index f3590dee04..6c423e3a2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -8,25 +8,25 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID +'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID DESCRIPTION ----------- Exports a commit from GIT to a CVS checkout, making it easier -to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository. +to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository. -Execute it from the root of the CVS working copy. GIT_DIR must be defined. +Execute it from the root of the CVS working copy. GIT_DIR must be defined. See examples below. -It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are -unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit +It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are +unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit by default. Supports file additions, removals, and commits that affect binary files. If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell git-cvsexportcommit what parent -should the changeset be done against. +should the changeset be done against. OPTIONS ------- @@ -55,9 +55,12 @@ OPTIONS Force the parent commit, even if it is not a direct parent. -m:: - Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix. + Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix. Useful for patch series and the like. +-u:: + Update affected files from cvs repository before attempting export. + -v:: Verbose. @@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ Merge one patch into CVS:: $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout $ git-cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1> -$ cvs commit -F .mgs <files> +$ cvs commit -F .mgs <files> ------------ Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing:: @@ -92,4 +95,3 @@ Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite - |