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--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ Here `<name>` is the person's display name (for example
(``cm@example.com''). `LT` and `GT` are the literal less-than (\x3c)
and greater-than (\x3e) symbols. These are required to delimit
the email address from the other fields in the line. Note that
-`<name>` is free-form and may contain any sequence of bytes, except
-`LT` and `LF`. It is typically UTF-8 encoded.
+`<name>` and `<email>` are free-form and may contain any sequence
+of bytes, except `LT`, `GT` and `LF`. `<name>` is typically UTF-8 encoded.
The time of the change is specified by `<when>` using the date format
that was selected by the \--date-format=<fmt> command line option.
@@ -1012,10 +1012,14 @@ force::
(see OPTIONS, above).
import-marks::
+import-marks-if-exists::
Like --import-marks except in two respects: first, only one
- "feature import-marks" command is allowed per stream;
- second, an --import-marks= command-line option overrides
- any "feature import-marks" command in the stream.
+ "feature import-marks" or "feature import-marks-if-exists"
+ command is allowed per stream; second, an --import-marks=
+ or --import-marks-if-exists command-line option overrides
+ any of these "feature" commands in the stream; third,
+ "feature import-marks-if-exists" like a corresponding
+ command-line option silently skips a nonexistent file.
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