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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt index aaa7ef737a..aeb0cdc973 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ gitcvs-migration - git for CVS users SYNOPSIS -------- -git cvsimport * +[verse] +'git cvsimport' * DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -47,25 +48,25 @@ them first before running git pull. [NOTE] ================================ The 'pull' command knows where to get updates from because of certain -configuration variables that were set by the first 'git-clone' +configuration variables that were set by the first 'git clone' command; see `git config -l` and the linkgit:git-config[1] man page for details. ================================ You can update the shared repository with your changes by first committing -your changes, and then using the 'git-push' command: +your changes, and then using the 'git push' command: ------------------------------------------------ $ git push origin master ------------------------------------------------ to "push" those commits to the shared repository. If someone else has -updated the repository more recently, 'git-push', like 'cvs commit', will +updated the repository more recently, 'git push', like 'cvs commit', will complain, in which case you must pull any changes before attempting the push again. -In the 'git-push' command above we specify the name of the remote branch -to update (`master`). If we leave that out, 'git-push' tries to update +In the 'git push' command above we specify the name of the remote branch +to update (`master`). If we leave that out, 'git push' tries to update any branches in the remote repository that have the same name as a branch in the local repository. So the last 'push' can be done with either of: @@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ Importing a CVS archive First, install version 2.1 or higher of cvsps from link:http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/[http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/] and make sure it is in your path. Then cd to a checked out CVS working directory -of the project you are interested in and run 'git-cvsimport': +of the project you are interested in and run linkgit:git-cvsimport[1]: ------------------------------------------- $ git cvsimport -C <destination> <module> |