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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt b/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..88bdc08eb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +git-svnimport(1) +================ +v0.1, July 2005 + +NAME +---- +git-svnimport - Import a SVN repository into git + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git-svnimport' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -d | -D ] + [ -C <GIT_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -u ] [-l limit_nr_changes] + [ -b branch_subdir ] [ -t trunk_subdir ] [ -T tag_subdir ] + [ -s start_chg ] [ -m ] [ -M regex ] + <SVN_repository_URL> [ <path> ] + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Imports a SVN repository into git. It will either create a new +repository, or incrementally import into an existing one. + +SVN access is done by the SVN:: Perl module. + +git-svnimport assumes that SVN repositories are organized into one +"trunk" directory where the main development happens, "branch/FOO" +directories for branches, and "/tags/FOO" directories for tags. +Other subdirectories are ignored. + +git-svnimport creates a file ".git/svn2git", which is required for +incremental SVN imports. + +OPTIONS +------- +-C <target-dir>:: + The GIT repository to import to. If the directory doesn't + exist, it will be created. Default is the current directory. + +-s <start_rev>:: + Start importing at this SVN change number. The default is 1. ++ +When importing incementally, you might need to edit the .git/svn2git file. + +-i:: + Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing. This option + ensures the working directory and cache remain untouched and will + not create them if they do not exist. + +-t <trunk_subdir>:: + Name the SVN trunk. Default "trunk". + +-T <tag_subdir>:: + Name the SVN subdirectory for tags. Default "tags". + +-b <branch_subdir>:: + Name the SVN subdirectory for branches. Default "branches". + +-o <branch-for-HEAD>:: + The 'trunk' branch from SVN is imported to the 'origin' branch within + the git repository. Use this option if you want to import into a + different branch. + +-m:: + Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option + will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source + branch name from the commit message. + +-M <regex>:: + Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom + regex. It can be used with -m to also see the default regexes. + You must escape forward slashes. + +-l <max_num_changes>:: + Limit the number of SVN changesets we pull before quitting. + This option is necessary because the SVN library has serious memory + leaks; the recommended value for nontrivial imports is 100. + + git-svnimport will still exit with a zero exit code. You can check + the size of the file ".git/svn2git" to determine whether to call + the importer again. + +-v:: + Verbosity: let 'svnimport' report what it is doing. + +-d:: + Use direct HTTP requests if possible. The "<path>" argument is used + only for retrieving the SVN logs; the path to the contents is + included in the SVN log. + +-D:: + Use direct HTTP requests if possible. The "<path>" argument is used + for retrieving the logs, as well as for the contents. ++ +There's no safe way to automatically find out which of these options to +use, so you need to try both. Usually, the one that's wrong will die +with a 40x error pretty quickly. + +<SVN_repository_URL>:: + The URL of the SVN module you want to import. For local + repositories, use "file:///absolute/path". ++ +If you're using the "-d" or "-D" option, this is the URL of the SVN +repository itself; it usually ends in "/svn". + +<SVN_repository_URL>:: + The URL of the SVN module you want to import. For local + repositories, use "file:///absolute/path". + +<path> + The path to the module you want to check out. + +-h:: + Print a short usage message and exit. + +OUTPUT +------ +If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing. + +Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with +a zero exit status. + +Author +------ +Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>, with help from +various participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +Based on a cvs2git script by the same author. + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite + |