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diff --git a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt index de30f83a1f..35f84bd9e7 100644 --- a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt +++ b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ svnadmin dump --incremental REPO | svn-fe [url] | git fast-import DESCRIPTION ----------- -Converts a Subversion dumpfile (version: 2) into input suitable for +Converts a Subversion dumpfile into input suitable for git-fast-import(1) and similar importers. REPO is a path to a Subversion repository mirrored on the local disk. Remote Subversion repositories can be mirrored on local disk using the `svnsync` @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ 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) @@ -43,11 +46,9 @@ user <user@UUID> as committer, where 'user' is the value of the `svn:author` property and 'UUID' the repository's identifier. -To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' will put a `git-svn-id` -line at the end of each commit log message if passed an url on the -command line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`. - -Empty directories and unknown properties are silently discarded. +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 +line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`. The resulting repository will generally require further processing to put each project in its own repository and to separate the history @@ -56,9 +57,9 @@ may be useful for this purpose. BUGS ---- -Litters the current working directory with .bin files for -persistence. Will be fixed when the svn-fe infrastructure is aware of -a Git working directory. +Empty directories and unknown properties are silently discarded. + +The exit status does not reflect whether an error was detected. SEE ALSO -------- |