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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 11d1e2fc66..7e17cade7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ your Perl's Getopt::Long is < v2.37). --ignore-paths=<regex>;; When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description - of '--ignore-paths'. + of `--ignore-paths`. --include-paths=<regex>;; When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description - of '--include-paths'. + of `--include-paths`. --no-minimize-url;; When tracking multiple directories (using --stdlayout, --branches, or --tags options), git svn will attempt to connect @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ your Perl's Getopt::Long is < v2.37). repository. This default allows better tracking of history if entire projects are moved within a repository, but may cause issues on repositories where read access restrictions are in - place. Passing '--no-minimize-url' will allow git svn to + place. Passing `--no-minimize-url` will allow git svn to accept URLs as-is without attempting to connect to a higher level directory. This option is off by default when only one URL/branch is tracked (it would do little good). @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ the same local time zone. --ignore-paths=<regex>;; This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN. - The '--ignore-paths' option should match for every 'fetch' + The `--ignore-paths` option should match for every 'fetch' (including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit', 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. + @@ -170,10 +170,13 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;; --include-paths=<regex>;; This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will cause the inclusion of only matching paths from checkout from SVN. - The '--include-paths' option should match for every 'fetch' + The `--include-paths` option should match for every 'fetch' (including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit', - 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. '--ignore-paths' takes - precedence over '--include-paths'. + 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. `--ignore-paths` takes + precedence over `--include-paths`. ++ +[verse] +config key: svn-remote.<name>.include-paths --log-window-size=<n>;; Fetch <n> log entries per request when scanning Subversion history. @@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;; or if a second argument is passed; it will create a directory and work within that. It accepts all arguments that the 'init' and 'fetch' commands accept; with the exception of - '--fetch-all' and '--parent'. After a repository is cloned, + `--fetch-all` and `--parent`. After a repository is cloned, the 'fetch' command will be able to update revisions without affecting the working tree; and the 'rebase' command will be able to update the working tree with the latest changes. @@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ it preserves linear history with 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge' for ease of dcommitting with 'git svn'. + This accepts all options that 'git svn fetch' and 'git rebase' -accept. However, '--fetch-all' only fetches from the current +accept. However, `--fetch-all` only fetches from the current [svn-remote], and not all [svn-remote] definitions. + Like 'git rebase'; this requires that the working tree be clean @@ -456,6 +459,20 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git log' Gets the Subversion property given as the first argument, for a file. A specific revision can be specified with -r/--revision. +'propset':: + Sets the Subversion property given as the first argument, to the + value given as the second argument for the file given as the + third argument. ++ +Example: ++ +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +git svn propset svn:keywords "FreeBSD=%H" devel/py-tipper/Makefile +------------------------------------------------------------------------ ++ +This will set the property 'svn:keywords' to 'FreeBSD=%H' for the file +'devel/py-tipper/Makefile'. + 'show-externals':: Shows the Subversion externals. Use -r/--revision to specify a specific revision. @@ -745,7 +762,7 @@ svn-remote.<name>.rewriteUUID:: svn-remote.<name>.pushurl:: - Similar to Git's 'remote.<name>.pushurl', this key is designed + 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 @@ -902,7 +919,7 @@ parent of the branch. However, it is possible that there is no suitable Git commit to serve as parent. This will happen, among other reasons, if the SVN branch is a copy of a revision that was not fetched by 'git svn' (e.g. because it is an old revision that was skipped with -'--revision'), or if in SVN a directory was copied that is not tracked +`--revision`), or if in SVN a directory was copied that is not tracked by 'git svn' (such as a branch that is not tracked at all, or a subdirectory of a tracked branch). In these cases, 'git svn' will still create a Git branch, but instead of using an existing Git commit as the @@ -979,12 +996,12 @@ directories in the working copy. While this is the easiest way to get a copy of a complete repository, for projects with many branches it will lead to a working copy many times larger than just the trunk. Thus for projects using the standard directory structure (trunk/branches/tags), -it is recommended to clone with option '--stdlayout'. If the project +it is recommended to clone with option `--stdlayout`. If the project uses a non-standard structure, and/or if branches and tags are not required, it is easiest to only clone one directory (typically trunk), without giving any repository layout options. If the full history with -branches and tags is required, the options '--trunk' / '--branches' / -'--tags' must be used. +branches and tags is required, the options `--trunk` / `--branches` / +`--tags` must be used. When using multiple --branches or --tags, 'git svn' does not automatically handle name collisions (for example, if two branches from different paths have @@ -1031,6 +1048,8 @@ listed below are allowed: url = http://server.org/svn fetch = trunk/project-a:refs/remotes/project-a/trunk branches = branches/*/project-a:refs/remotes/project-a/branches/* + branches = branches/release_*:refs/remotes/project-a/branches/release_* + branches = branches/re*se:refs/remotes/project-a/branches/* tags = tags/*/project-a:refs/remotes/project-a/tags/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -1041,6 +1060,16 @@ independent path component (surrounded by '/' or EOL). This type of configuration is not automatically created by 'init' and should be manually entered with a text-editor or using 'git config'. +Also note that only one asterisk is allowed per word. For example: + + branches = branches/re*se:refs/remotes/project-a/branches/* + +will match branches 'release', 'rese', 're123se', however + + branches = branches/re*s*e:refs/remotes/project-a/branches/* + +will produce an error. + It is also possible to fetch a subset of branches or tags by using a comma-separated list of names within braces. For example: |