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index e161a40a73..d07f5131aa 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -145,17 +145,6 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;;
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
---use-log-author;;
- When retrieving svn commits into git (as part of fetch, rebase, or
- dcommit operations), look for the first From: or Signed-off-by: line
- in the log message and use that as the author string.
---add-author-from;;
- When committing to svn from git (as part of commit or dcommit
- operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a
- From: or Signed-off-by: line, append a From: line based on the
- git commit's author string. If you use this, then --use-log-author
- will retrieve a valid author string for all commits.
-
'clone'::
Runs 'init' and 'fetch'. It will automatically create a
directory based on the basename of the URL passed to it;
@@ -217,6 +206,13 @@ config key: svn.commiturl (overwrites all svn-remote.<name>.commiturl options)
Using this option for any other purpose (don't ask) is very strongly
discouraged.
+--mergeinfo=<mergeinfo>;;
+ Add the given merge information during the dcommit
+ (e.g. `--mergeinfo="/branches/foo:1-10"`). All svn server versions can
+ store this information (as a property), and svn clients starting from
+ version 1.5 can make use of it. 'git svn' currently does not use it
+ and does not set it automatically.
+
'branch'::
Create a branch in the SVN repository.
@@ -343,6 +339,8 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git log'
Empty directories are automatically recreated when using
"git svn clone" and "git svn rebase", so "mkdirs" is intended
for use after commands like "git checkout" or "git reset".
+ (See the svn-remote.<name>.automkdirs config file option for
+ more information.)
'commit-diff'::
Commits the diff of two tree-ish arguments from the
@@ -565,6 +563,17 @@ repository that will be fetched from.
For 'branch' and 'tag', display the urls that will be used for copying when
creating the branch or tag.
+--use-log-author::
+ When retrieving svn commits into git (as part of 'fetch', 'rebase', or
+ 'dcommit' operations), look for the first `From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line
+ in the log message and use that as the author string.
+--add-author-from::
+ When committing to svn from git (as part of 'commit-diff', 'set-tree' or 'dcommit'
+ operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a
+ `From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line, append a `From:` line based on the
+ git commit's author string. If you use this, then `--use-log-author`
+ will retrieve a valid author string for all commits.
+
ADVANCED OPTIONS
----------------
@@ -648,6 +657,16 @@ svn-remote.<name>.rewriteUUID::
where the original UUID is not available via either useSvmProps
or useSvnsyncProps.
+svn-remote.<name>.pushurl::
+
+ Similar to git's 'remote.<name>.pushurl', this key is designed
+ to be used in cases where 'url' points to an SVN repository
+ via a read-only transport, to provide an alternate read/write
+ transport. It is assumed that both keys point to the same
+ repository. Unlike 'commiturl', 'pushurl' is a base path. If
+ either 'commiturl' or 'pushurl' could be used, 'commiturl'
+ takes precedence.
+
svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround::
This disables potentially expensive checks to workaround
broken symlinks checked into SVN by broken clients. Set this
@@ -663,6 +682,14 @@ svn.pathnameencoding::
locales to avoid corrupted file names with non-ASCII characters.
Valid encodings are the ones supported by Perl's Encode module.
+svn-remote.<name>.automkdirs::
+ Normally, the "git svn clone" and "git svn rebase" commands
+ attempt to recreate empty directories that are in the
+ Subversion repository. If this option is set to "false", then
+ empty directories will only be created if the "git svn mkdirs"
+ command is run explicitly. If unset, 'git svn' assumes this
+ option to be "true".
+
Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, rewriteUUID, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps
options all affect the metadata generated and used by 'git svn'; they
*must* be set in the configuration file before any history is imported
@@ -878,10 +905,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rebase[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>.
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>.
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite