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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 7d86809844..1cfa3e342c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between a single Subversion -branch and git. - -git-svn is not to be confused with git-svnimport. The were designed -with very different goals in mind. +branch and git. It is not to be confused with gitlink:git-svnimport[1]. +They were designed with very different goals in mind. git-svn is designed for an individual developer who wants a bidirectional flow of changesets between a single branch in Subversion @@ -34,26 +32,38 @@ git-svnimport is designed for. COMMANDS -------- -init:: +-- + +'init':: Creates an empty git repository with additional metadata directories for git-svn. The Subversion URL must be specified as a command-line argument. -fetch:: - Fetch unfetched revisions from the Subversion URL we are - tracking. refs/remotes/git-svn will be updated to the - latest revision. +'fetch':: + +Fetch unfetched revisions from the Subversion URL we are +tracking. refs/remotes/git-svn will be updated to the +latest revision. + +Note: You should never attempt to modify the remotes/git-svn +branch outside of git-svn. Instead, create a branch from +remotes/git-svn and work on that branch. Use the 'commit' +command (see below) to write git commits back to +remotes/git-svn. - Note: You should never attempt to modify the remotes/git-svn - branch outside of git-svn. Instead, create a branch from - remotes/git-svn and work on that branch. Use the 'commit' - command (see below) to write git commits back to - remotes/git-svn. +See '<<fetch-args,Additional Fetch Arguments>>' if you are interested in +manually joining branches on commit. - See 'Additional Fetch Arguments' if you are interested in - manually joining branches on commit. +'dcommit':: + Commit all diffs from the current HEAD directly to the SVN + repository, and then rebase or reset (depending on whether or + not there is a diff between SVN and HEAD). It is recommended + that you run git-svn fetch and rebase (not pull) your commits + against the latest changes in the SVN repository. + This is advantageous over 'commit' (below) because it produces + cleaner, more linear history. -commit:: +'commit':: Commit specified commit or tree objects to SVN. This relies on your imported fetch data being up-to-date. This makes absolutely no attempts to do patching when committing to SVN, it @@ -61,9 +71,9 @@ commit:: commit. All merging is assumed to have taken place independently of git-svn functions. -rebuild:: +'rebuild':: Not a part of daily usage, but this is a useful command if - you've just cloned a repository (using git-clone) that was + you've just cloned a repository (using gitlink:git-clone[1]) that was tracked with git-svn. Unfortunately, git-clone does not clone git-svn metadata and the svn working tree that git-svn uses for its operations. This rebuilds the metadata so git-svn can @@ -71,130 +81,182 @@ rebuild:: specified at the command-line if the directory/repository you're tracking has moved or changed protocols. -show-ignore:: +'show-ignore':: Recursively finds and lists the svn:ignore property on directories. The output is suitable for appending to the $GIT_DIR/info/exclude file. +-- + OPTIONS ------- +-- + -r <ARG>:: --revision <ARG>:: - Only used with the 'fetch' command. - Takes any valid -r<argument> svn would accept and passes it - directly to svn. -r<ARG1>:<ARG2> ranges and "{" DATE "}" syntax - is also supported. This is passed directly to svn, see svn - documentation for more details. +Only used with the 'fetch' command. - This can allow you to make partial mirrors when running fetch. +Takes any valid -r<argument> svn would accept and passes it +directly to svn. -r<ARG1>:<ARG2> ranges and "{" DATE "}" syntax +is also supported. This is passed directly to svn, see svn +documentation for more details. + +This can allow you to make partial mirrors when running fetch. -:: --stdin:: - Only used with the 'commit' command. - Read a list of commits from stdin and commit them in reverse - order. Only the leading sha1 is read from each line, so - git-rev-list --pretty=oneline output can be used. +Only used with the 'commit' command. + +Read a list of commits from stdin and commit them in reverse +order. Only the leading sha1 is read from each line, so +git-rev-list --pretty=oneline output can be used. --rmdir:: - Only used with the 'commit' command. - Remove directories from the SVN tree if there are no files left - behind. SVN can version empty directories, and they are not - removed by default if there are no files left in them. git - cannot version empty directories. Enabling this flag will make - the commit to SVN act like git. +Only used with the 'commit' command. - repo-config key: svn.rmdir +Remove directories from the SVN tree if there are no files left +behind. SVN can version empty directories, and they are not +removed by default if there are no files left in them. git +cannot version empty directories. Enabling this flag will make +the commit to SVN act like git. + +repo-config key: svn.rmdir -e:: --edit:: - Only used with the 'commit' command. - Edit the commit message before committing to SVN. This is off by - default for objects that are commits, and forced on when committing - tree objects. +Only used with the 'commit' command. + +Edit the commit message before committing to SVN. This is off by +default for objects that are commits, and forced on when committing +tree objects. - repo-config key: svn.edit +repo-config key: svn.edit -l<num>:: --find-copies-harder:: - Both of these are only used with the 'commit' command. - They are both passed directly to git-diff-tree see - git-diff-tree(1) for more information. +Both of these are only used with the 'commit' command. - repo-config key: svn.l - repo-config key: svn.findcopiesharder +They are both passed directly to git-diff-tree see +gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] for more information. + +[verse] +repo-config key: svn.l +repo-config key: svn.findcopiesharder -A<filename>:: --authors-file=<filename>:: - Syntax is compatible with the files used by git-svnimport and - git-cvsimport: +Syntax is compatible with the files used by git-svnimport and +git-cvsimport: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -loginname = Joe User <user@example.com> + loginname = Joe User <user@example.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - If this option is specified and git-svn encounters an SVN - committer name that does not exist in the authors-file, git-svn - will abort operation. The user will then have to add the - appropriate entry. Re-running the previous git-svn command - after the authors-file is modified should continue operation. +If this option is specified and git-svn encounters an SVN +committer name that does not exist in the authors-file, git-svn +will abort operation. The user will then have to add the +appropriate entry. Re-running the previous git-svn command +after the authors-file is modified should continue operation. + +repo-config key: svn.authors-file + +-m:: +--merge:: +-s<strategy>:: +--strategy=<strategy>:: + +These are only used with the 'dcommit' command. + +Passed directly to git-rebase when using 'dcommit' if a +'git-reset' cannot be used (see dcommit). + +-n:: +--dry-run:: - repo-config key: svn.authors-file +This is only used with the 'dcommit' command. + +Print out the series of git arguments that would show +which diffs would be committed to SVN. + +-- ADVANCED OPTIONS ---------------- +-- + -b<refname>:: --branch <refname>:: - Used with 'fetch' or 'commit'. +Used with 'fetch' or 'commit'. - This can be used to join arbitrary git branches to remotes/git-svn - on new commits where the tree object is equivalent. +This can be used to join arbitrary git branches to remotes/git-svn +on new commits where the tree object is equivalent. - When used with different GIT_SVN_ID values, tags and branches in - SVN can be tracked this way, as can some merges where the heads - end up having completely equivalent content. This can even be - used to track branches across multiple SVN _repositories_. +When used with different GIT_SVN_ID values, tags and branches in +SVN can be tracked this way, as can some merges where the heads +end up having completely equivalent content. This can even be +used to track branches across multiple SVN _repositories_. - This option may be specified multiple times, once for each - branch. +This option may be specified multiple times, once for each +branch. - repo-config key: svn.branch +repo-config key: svn.branch -i<GIT_SVN_ID>:: --id <GIT_SVN_ID>:: - This sets GIT_SVN_ID (instead of using the environment). See - the section on "Tracking Multiple Repositories or Branches" for - more information on using GIT_SVN_ID. + +This sets GIT_SVN_ID (instead of using the environment). See the +section on +'<<tracking-multiple-repos,Tracking Multiple Repositories or Branches>>' +for more information on using GIT_SVN_ID. + +-- COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS --------------------- +-- + --upgrade:: - Only used with the 'rebuild' command. +Only used with the 'rebuild' command. - Run this if you used an old version of git-svn that used - "git-svn-HEAD" instead of "remotes/git-svn" as the branch - for tracking the remote. +Run this if you used an old version of git-svn that used +"git-svn-HEAD" instead of "remotes/git-svn" as the branch +for tracking the remote. --no-ignore-externals:: - Only used with the 'fetch' and 'rebuild' command. +Only used with the 'fetch' and 'rebuild' command. + +By default, git-svn passes --ignore-externals to svn to avoid +fetching svn:external trees into git. Pass this flag to enable +externals tracking directly via git. + +Versions of svn that do not support --ignore-externals are +automatically detected and this flag will be automatically +enabled for them. - By default, git-svn passes --ignore-externals to svn to avoid - fetching svn:external trees into git. Pass this flag to enable - externals tracking directly via git. +Otherwise, do not enable this flag unless you know what you're +doing. - Versions of svn that do not support --ignore-externals are - automatically detected and this flag will be automatically - enabled for them. +repo-config key: svn.noignoreexternals - Otherwise, do not enable this flag unless you know what you're - doing. +--ignore-nodate:: +Only used with the 'fetch' command. - repo-config key: svn.noignoreexternals +By default git-svn will crash if it tries to import a revision +from SVN which has '(no date)' listed as the date of the revision. +This is repository corruption on SVN's part, plain and simple. +But sometimes you really need those revisions anyway. + +If supplied git-svn will convert '(no date)' entries to the UNIX +epoch (midnight on Jan. 1, 1970). Yes, that's probably very wrong. +SVN was very wrong. + +-- Basic Examples ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -212,12 +274,26 @@ Tracking and contributing to an Subversion managed-project: git-svn commit <tree-ish> [<tree-ish_2> ...] # Commit all the git commits from my-branch that don't exist in SVN: git-svn commit remotes/git-svn..my-branch -# Something is committed to SVN, pull the latest into your branch: - git-svn fetch && git pull . remotes/git-svn +# Something is committed to SVN, rebase the latest into your branch: + git-svn fetch && git rebase remotes/git-svn # Append svn:ignore settings to the default git exclude file: git-svn show-ignore >> .git/info/exclude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +REBASE VS. PULL +--------------- + +Originally, git-svn recommended that the remotes/git-svn branch be +pulled from. This is because the author favored 'git-svn commit B' +to commit a single head rather than the 'git-svn commit A..B' notation +to commit multiple commits. + +If you use 'git-svn commit A..B' to commit several diffs and you do not +have the latest remotes/git-svn merged into my-branch, you should use +'git rebase' to update your work branch instead of 'git pull'. 'pull' +can cause non-linear history to be flattened when committing into SVN, +which can lead to merge commits reversing previous commits in SVN. + DESIGN PHILOSOPHY ----------------- Merge tracking in Subversion is lacking and doing branched development @@ -226,6 +302,7 @@ any automated merge/branch tracking on the Subversion side and leaves it entirely up to the user on the git side. It's simply not worth it to do a useful translation when the original signal is weak. +[[tracking-multiple-repos]] TRACKING MULTIPLE REPOSITORIES OR BRANCHES ------------------------------------------ This is for advanced users, most users should ignore this section. @@ -241,6 +318,7 @@ invocation. The interface branch will be remotes/$GIT_SVN_ID, instead of remotes/git-svn. Any remotes/$GIT_SVN_ID branch should never be modified by the user outside of git-svn commands. +[[fetch-args]] ADDITIONAL FETCH ARGUMENTS -------------------------- This is for advanced users, most users should ignore this section. @@ -251,11 +329,15 @@ optionally be specified in the form of sha1 hex sums at the command-line. Unfetched SVN revisions may also be tied to particular git commits with the following syntax: +------------------------------------------------ svn_revision_number=git_commit_sha1 +------------------------------------------------ -This allows you to tie unfetched SVN revision 375 to your current HEAD:: +This allows you to tie unfetched SVN revision 375 to your current HEAD: - `git-svn fetch 375=$(git-rev-parse HEAD)` +------------------------------------------------ + git-svn fetch 375=$(git-rev-parse HEAD) +------------------------------------------------ Advanced Example: Tracking a Reorganized Repository ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -310,6 +392,10 @@ the possible corner cases (git doesn't do it, either). Renamed and copied files are fully supported if they're similar enough for git to detect them. +SEE ALSO +-------- +gitlink:git-rebase[1] + Author ------ Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>. |