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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 30c5ee2564..44c970ce18 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -86,13 +86,14 @@ COMMANDS (refs/remotes/$remote/*). Setting a prefix is also useful if you wish to track multiple projects that share a common repository. + By default, the prefix is set to 'origin/'. + -NOTE: In Git v2.0, the default prefix will CHANGE from "" (no prefix) -to "origin/". This is done to put SVN-tracking refs at -"refs/remotes/origin/*" instead of "refs/remotes/*", and make them -more compatible with how Git's own remote-tracking refs are organized -(i.e. refs/remotes/$remote/*). You can enjoy the same benefits today, -by using the --prefix option. +NOTE: Before Git v2.0, the default prefix was "" (no prefix). This +meant that SVN-tracking refs were put at "refs/remotes/*", which is +incompatible with how Git's own remote-tracking refs are organized. +If you still want the old default, you can get it by passing +`--prefix ""` on the command line (`--prefix=""` may not work if +your Perl's Getopt::Long is < v2.37). --ignore-paths=<regex>;; When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will @@ -147,8 +148,8 @@ the same local time zone. [verse] config key: svn-remote.<name>.ignore-paths + -If the ignore-paths config key is set and the command line option is -also given, both regular expressions will be used. +If the ignore-paths configuration key is set, and the command-line +option is also given, both regular expressions will be used. + Examples: + @@ -994,16 +995,6 @@ without giving any repository layout options. If the full history with branches and tags is required, the options '--trunk' / '--branches' / '--tags' must be used. -When using the options for describing the repository layout (--trunk, ---tags, --branches, --stdlayout), please also specify the --prefix -option (e.g. '--prefix=origin/') to cause your SVN-tracking refs to be -placed at refs/remotes/origin/* rather than the default refs/remotes/*. -The former is more compatible with the layout of Git's "regular" -remote-tracking refs (refs/remotes/$remote/*), and may potentially -prevent similarly named SVN branches and Git remotes from clobbering -each other. In Git v2.0 the default prefix used (i.e. when no --prefix -is given) will change from "" (no prefix) to "origin/". - When using multiple --branches or --tags, 'git svn' does not automatically handle name collisions (for example, if two branches from different paths have the same name, or if a branch and a tag have the same name). In these cases, |