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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 40 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index bf1ba67ad0..30ee98d17f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ change to the project. data ('from' SP <committish> LF)? ('merge' SP <committish> LF)? - (filemodify | filedelete | filerename | filedeleteall)* + (filemodify | filedelete | filecopy | filerename | filedeleteall)* LF .... @@ -325,13 +325,13 @@ commit message use a 0 length data. Commit messages are free-form and are not interpreted by Git. Currently they must be encoded in UTF-8, as fast-import does not permit other encodings to be specified. -Zero or more `filemodify`, `filedelete`, `filerename` and -`filedeleteall` commands +Zero or more `filemodify`, `filedelete`, `filecopy`, `filerename` +and `filedeleteall` commands may be included to update the contents of the branch prior to creating the commit. These commands may be supplied in any order. However it is recommended that a `filedeleteall` command preceed -all `filemodify` and `filerename` commands in the same commit, as -`filedeleteall` +all `filemodify`, `filecopy` and `filerename` commands in the same +commit, as `filedeleteall` wipes the branch clean (see below). `author` @@ -497,6 +497,27 @@ here `<path>` is the complete path of the file or subdirectory to be removed from the branch. See `filemodify` above for a detailed description of `<path>`. +`filecopy` +^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Recursively copies an existing file or subdirectory to a different +location within the branch. The existing file or directory must +exist. If the destination exists it will be completely replaced +by the content copied from the source. + +.... + 'C' SP <path> SP <path> LF +.... + +here the first `<path>` is the source location and the second +`<path>` is the destination. See `filemodify` above for a detailed +description of what `<path>` may look like. To use a source path +that contains SP the path must be quoted. + +A `filecopy` command takes effect immediately. Once the source +location has been copied to the destination any future commands +applied to the source location will not impact the destination of +the copy. + `filerename` ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Renames an existing file or subdirectory to a different location @@ -517,6 +538,15 @@ location has been renamed to the destination any future commands applied to the source location will create new files there and not impact the destination of the rename. +Note that a `filerename` is the same as a `filecopy` followed by a +`filedelete` of the source location. There is a slight performance +advantage to using `filerename`, but the advantage is so small +that it is never worth trying to convert a delete/add pair in +source material into a rename for fast-import. This `filerename` +command is provided just to simplify frontends that already have +rename information and don't want bother with decomposing it into a +`filecopy` followed by a `filedelete`. + `filedeleteall` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Included in a `commit` command to remove all files (and also all |