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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 77c6b3d001..7d9aad2a7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -293,7 +293,14 @@ by users who are located in the same location and time zone. In this case a reasonable offset from UTC could be assumed. + Unlike the `rfc2822` format, this format is very strict. Any -variation in formatting will cause fast-import to reject the value. +variation in formatting will cause fast-import to reject the value, +and some sanity checks on the numeric values may also be performed. + +`raw-permissive`:: + This is the same as `raw` except that no sanity checks on + the numeric epoch and local offset are performed. This can + be useful when trying to filter or import an existing history + with e.g. bogus timezone values. `rfc2822`:: This is the standard email format as described by RFC 2822. |