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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 53774f5b64..d5776ffcfd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -677,7 +677,8 @@ config key: svn.authorsProg -s<strategy>:: --strategy=<strategy>:: -p:: ---preserve-merges:: +--rebase-merges:: +--preserve-merges (DEPRECATED):: These are only used with the 'dcommit' and 'rebase' commands. + Passed directly to 'git rebase' when using 'dcommit' if a @@ -700,7 +701,7 @@ 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 + 'dcommit' operations), look for the first `From:` line or `Signed-off-by` trailer in the log message and use that as the author string. + [verse] @@ -709,7 +710,7 @@ config key: svn.useLogAuthor --add-author-from:: When committing to svn from Git (as part of '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 + `From:` or `Signed-off-by` trailer, 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. + @@ -1060,25 +1061,6 @@ with different name spaces. For example: branches = stable/*:refs/remotes/svn/stable/* branches = debug/*:refs/remotes/svn/debug/* -BUGS ----- - -We ignore all SVN properties except svn:executable. Any unhandled -properties are logged to $GIT_DIR/svn/<refname>/unhandled.log - -Renamed and copied directories are not detected by Git and hence not -tracked when committing to SVN. I do not plan on adding support for -this as it's quite difficult and time-consuming to get working for all -the possible corner cases (Git doesn't do it, either). Committing -renamed and copied files is fully supported if they're similar enough -for Git to detect them. - -In SVN, it is possible (though discouraged) to commit changes to a tag -(because a tag is just a directory copy, thus technically the same as a -branch). When cloning an SVN repository, 'git svn' cannot know if such a -commit to a tag will happen in the future. Thus it acts conservatively -and imports all SVN tags as branches, prefixing the tag name with 'tags/'. - CONFIGURATION ------------- @@ -1165,6 +1147,25 @@ $GIT_DIR/svn/\**/.rev_map.*:: if it is missing or not up to date. 'git svn reset' automatically rewinds it. +BUGS +---- + +We ignore all SVN properties except svn:executable. Any unhandled +properties are logged to $GIT_DIR/svn/<refname>/unhandled.log + +Renamed and copied directories are not detected by Git and hence not +tracked when committing to SVN. I do not plan on adding support for +this as it's quite difficult and time-consuming to get working for all +the possible corner cases (Git doesn't do it, either). Committing +renamed and copied files is fully supported if they're similar enough +for Git to detect them. + +In SVN, it is possible (though discouraged) to commit changes to a tag +(because a tag is just a directory copy, thus technically the same as a +branch). When cloning an SVN repository, 'git svn' cannot know if such a +commit to a tag will happen in the future. Thus it acts conservatively +and imports all SVN tags as branches, prefixing the tag name with 'tags/'. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-rebase[1] |