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diff --git a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt index cd075b96c5..a3425f4770 100644 --- a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt +++ b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt @@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ svn-fe - convert an SVN "dumpfile" to a fast-import stream SYNOPSIS -------- -svnadmin dump --incremental REPO | svn-fe [url] | git fast-import +[verse] +mkfifo backchannel && +svnadmin dump --deltas REPO | + svn-fe [url] 3<backchannel | + git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=3 3>backchannel DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -28,9 +32,6 @@ Subversion's repository dump format is documented in full in Files in this format can be generated using the 'svnadmin dump' or 'svk admin dump' command. -Dumps produced with 'svnadmin dump --deltas' (dumpfile format v3) -are not supported. - OUTPUT FORMAT ------------- The fast-import format is documented by the git-fast-import(1) @@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ manual page. NOTES ----- Subversion dumps do not record a separate author and committer for -each revision, nor a separate display name and email address for -each author. Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name +each revision, nor do they record a separate display name and email +address for each author. Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name --------- user <user@UUID> @@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ as committer, where 'user' is the value of the `svn:author` property and 'UUID' the repository's identifier. To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' puts a `git-svn-id` line at -the end of each commit log message if passed an url on the command +the end of each commit log message if passed a URL on the command line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`. The resulting repository will generally require further processing |