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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitattributes.txt45
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-formats.txt8
5 files changed, 41 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index 1614e8df89..b7a8c10b87 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ to work with; after that, you need to 'git-merge' incremental imports, or
any CVS branches, yourself. It is advisable to specify a named remote via
-r to separate and protect the incoming branches.
+If you intend to set up a shared public repository that all developers can
+read/write, or if you want to use linkgit:git-cvsserver[1], then you
+probably want to make a bare clone of the imported repository,
+and use the clone as the shared repository.
+See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7].
+
OPTIONS
-------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index 2aacdc628f..c2d3c90d27 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ write access to the log file and to the database (see
<<dbbackend,Database Backend>>. If you want to offer write access over
SSH, the users of course also need write access to the git repository itself.
+You also need to ensure that each repository is "bare" (without a git index
+file) for `cvs commit` to work. See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7].
+
[[configaccessmethod]]
All configuration variables can also be overridden for a specific method of
access. Valid method names are "ext" (for SSH access) and "pserver". The
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 6a246eb1fc..d7b41142d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -450,6 +450,29 @@ String::
variable.
+Creating an archive
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`export-ignore`
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Files and directories with the attribute `export-ignore` won't be added to
+archive files.
+
+`export-subst`
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If the attribute `export-subst` is set for a file then git will expand
+several placeholders when adding this file to an archive. The
+expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e., if
+linkgit:git-archive[1] has been given a tree instead of a commit or a
+tag then no replacement will be done. The placeholders are the same
+as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of linkgit:git-log[1],
+except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$`
+in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
+commit hash.
+
+
EXAMPLE
-------
@@ -499,28 +522,6 @@ frotz unspecified
----------------------------------------------------------------
-Creating an archive
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-`export-ignore`
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Files and directories with the attribute `export-ignore` won't be added to
-archive files.
-
-`export-subst`
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If the attribute `export-subst` is set for a file then git will expand
-several placeholders when adding this file to an archive. The
-expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e., if
-'git-archive' has been given a tree instead of a commit or a
-tag then no replacement will be done. The placeholders are the same
-as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of linkgit:git-log[1],
-except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$`
-in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
-commit hash.
-
GIT
---
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
index 2eb6972a93..aaa7ef737a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ work, you must not modify the imported branches; instead, create new
branches for your own changes, and merge in the imported branches as
necessary.
+If you want a shared repository, you will need to make a bare clone
+of the imported directory, as described above. Then treat the imported
+directory as another development clone for purposes of merging
+incremental imports.
+
Advanced Shared Repository Management
-------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index ec37555794..69e6d2fa44 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
commit <sha1>
Author: <author>
- Date: <date>
+ Date: <author date>
<title line>
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
commit <sha1>
Author: <author>
- AuthorDate: <date & time>
+ AuthorDate: <author date>
Commit: <committer>
- CommitDate: <date & time>
+ CommitDate: <committer date>
<title line>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ This is designed to be as compact as possible.
From <sha1> <date>
From: <author>
- Date: <date & time>
+ Date: <author date>
Subject: [PATCH] <title line>
<full commit message>