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2016-03-15git-svn: loosen config globs limitationsLibravatar Victor Leschuk1-0/+12
Expand the area of globs applicability for branches and tags in git-svn. It is now possible to use globs like 'a*e', or 'release_*'. This allows users to avoid long lines in config like: branches = branches/{release_20,release_21,release_22,...} In favor of: branches = branches/release_* [ew: amended commit message, minor formatting and style fixes] Signed-off-by: Victor Leschuk <vleschuk@accesssoftek.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2015-09-01Merge branch 'br/svn-doc-include-paths-config'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
* br/svn-doc-include-paths-config: git-svn doc: mention "svn-remote.<name>.include-paths"
2015-08-26git-svn doc: mention "svn-remote.<name>.include-paths"Libravatar Brett Randall1-0/+3
Mention the configuration variable in a way similar to how "svn-remote.<name>.ignore-paths" is mentioned. Signed-off-by: Brett Randall <javabrett@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-05-12doc: put example URLs and emails inside literal backticksLibravatar Jeff King1-2/+2
This makes sure that AsciiDoc does not turn them into links. Regular AsciiDoc does not catch these cases, but AsciiDoctor does treat them as links. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-05-12doc: fix hanging "+"-continuationLibravatar Jeff King1-3/+3
In list content that wants to continue to a second paragraph, the "+" continuation and subsequent paragraph need to be left-aligned. Otherwise AsciiDoc seems to insert only a linebreak. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-11-04Documentation: typofixesLibravatar Thomas Ackermann1-2/+2
In addition to fixing trivial and obvious typos, be careful about the following points: - Spell ASCII, URL and CRC in ALL CAPS; - Spell Linux as Capitalized; - Do not omit periods in "i.e." and "e.g.". Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-24git-svn.txt: advertise pushurl with dcommitLibravatar Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik1-0/+4
Advertise that the svn-remote.<name>.pushurl config key allows specifying the commit URL for the entire SVN repository in the documentation of the git svn dcommit command. Signed-off-by: Sveinung Kvilhaugsvik <sveinung84@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2014-09-14git svn: find-rev allows short switches for near matchesLibravatar Eric Wong1-0/+2
Allow -B and -A to act as short aliases for --before and --after options respectively. This reduces typing and hopefully allows reuse of muscle memory for grep(1) users. Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2014-09-14git-svn.txt: Remove mentions of repack optionsLibravatar Lawrence Velázquez1-15/+0
Git no longer seems to use these flags or their associated config keys; when they are present, git-svn outputs a message indicating that they are being ignored. Signed-off-by: Lawrence Velázquez <vq@larryv.me> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2014-05-21Documentation: use "command-line" when used as a compound adjective, and fix ↵Libravatar Jason St. John1-2/+2
other minor grammatical issues Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-23t9117: use --prefix "" instead of --prefix=""Libravatar Kyle J. McKay1-0/+3
Versions of Perl's Getopt::Long module before 2.37 do not contain this fix that first appeared in Getopt::Long version 2.37: * Bugfix: With gnu_compat, --foo= will no longer trigger "Option requires an argument" but return the empty string. Instead of using --prefix="" use --prefix "" when testing an explictly empty prefix string in order to work with older versions of Perl's Getopt::Long module. Also add a paragraph on this workaround to the documentation of git-svn itself. Signed-off-by: Kyle J. McKay <mackyle@gmail.com> Acked-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-04-19Git 2.0: git svn: Set default --prefix='origin/' if --prefix is not givenLibravatar Johan Herland1-16/+4
git-svn by default puts its Subversion-tracking refs directly in refs/remotes/*. This runs counter to Git's convention of using refs/remotes/$remote/* for storing remote-tracking branches. Furthermore, combining git-svn with regular git remotes run the risk of clobbering refs under refs/remotes (e.g. if you have a git remote called "tags" with a "v1" branch, it will overlap with the git-svn's tracking branch for the "v1" tag from Subversion. Even though the git-svn refs stored in refs/remotes/* are not "proper" remote-tracking branches (since they are not covered by a proper git remote's refspec), they clearly represent a similar concept, and would benefit from following the same convention. For example, if git-svn tracks Subversion branch "foo" at refs/remotes/foo, and you create a local branch refs/heads/foo to add some commits to be pushed back to Subversion (using "git svn dcommit), then it is clearly unhelpful of Git to throw warning: refname 'foo' is ambiguous. every time you checkout, rebase, or otherwise interact with the branch. The existing workaround for this is to supply the --prefix=quux/ to git svn init/clone, so that git-svn's tracking branches end up in refs/remotes/quux/* instead of refs/remotes/*. However, encouraging users to specify --prefix to work around a design flaw in git-svn is suboptimal, and not a long term solution to the problem. Instead, git-svn should default to use a non-empty prefix that saves unsuspecting users from the inconveniences described above. This patch will only affect newly created git-svn setups, as the --prefix option only applies to git svn init (and git svn clone). Existing git-svn setups will continue with their existing (lack of) prefix. Also, if anyone somehow prefers git-svn's old layout, they can recreate that by explicitly passing an empty prefix (--prefix "") on the git svn init/clone command line. The patch changes the default value for --prefix from "" to "origin/", updates the git-svn manual page, and fixes the fallout in the git-svn testcases. (Note that this patch might be easier to review using the --word-diff and --word-diff-regex=. diff options.) [ew: squashed description of <= 1.9 behavior into manpage] Suggested-by: Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen <tfnico@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-11-12Correct word usage of "timezone" in "Documentation" directoryLibravatar Jason St. John1-3/+3
"timezone" is two words, not one (i.e. "time zone" is correct). Correct this in these files: -- date-formats.txt -- git-blame.txt -- git-cvsimport.txt -- git-fast-import.txt -- git-svn.txt -- gitweb.conf.txt -- rev-list-options.txt Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-10-30Merge branch 'sb/git-svn-docs-indent-with-ht'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-13/+13
* sb/git-svn-docs-indent-with-ht: git-svn docs: Use tabs consistently within the ascii doc
2013-10-22git-svn docs: Use tabs consistently within the ascii docLibravatar Stefan Beller1-13/+13
While I can understand 4 or 7 white spaces are fancy, we'd rather want to use tabs throughout the whole document. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-10-12git-svn: Warn about changing default for --prefix in Git v2.0Libravatar Johan Herland1-1/+10
In Git v2.0, we will change the default --prefix for init/clone from none/empty to "origin/" (which causes SVN-tracking branches to be placed at refs/remotes/origin/* instead of refs/remotes/*). This patch warns users about the upcoming change, both in the git-svn manual page, and on stderr when running init/clone in the "multi-mode" without providing a --prefix. Cc: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-10-12Documentation/git-svn: Promote the use of --prefix in docs + examplesLibravatar Johan Herland1-10/+25
Currently, the git-svn defaults to using an empty prefix, which ends up placing the SVN-tracking refs directly in refs/remotes/*. This placement runs counter to Git's convention of placing remote-tracking branches in refs/remotes/$remote/*. Furthermore, combining git-svn with "regular" Git remotes run the risk of clobbering refs under refs/remotes (e.g. if you have a git remote called "tags" with a "v1" branch, it will overlap with the git-svn's tracking branch for the "v1" tag from Subversion. Even though the git-svn refs stored in refs/remotes/* are not "proper" remote-tracking branches (since they are not covered by a proper git remote's refspec), they clearly represent a similar concept, and would benefit from following the same convention. For example, if git-svn tracks Subversion branch "foo" at refs/remotes/foo, and you create a local branch refs/heads/foo to add some commits to be pushed back to Subversion (using "git svn dcommit), then it is clearly unhelpful of Git to throw warning: refname 'foo' is ambiguous. every time you checkout, rebase, or otherwise interact with the branch. At this time, the user is better off using the --prefix=foo/ (the trailing slash is important) to git svn init/clone, to cause the SVN-tracking refs to be placed at refs/remotes/foo/* instead of refs/remotes/*. This patch updates the documentation to encourage use of --prefix. This is also in preparation for changing the default value of --prefix at some point in the future. Cc: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-10-10git-svn.txt: elaborate on rev_map filesLibravatar Keshav Kini1-4/+24
The man page for `git svn` describes a situation in which "'git svn' will not be able to rebuild" your $GIT_DIR/svn/**/.rev_map* files, but no mention is made of in what circumstances `git svn` *will* be able to do so, how to get `git svn` to do so, or even what these files are. This patch adds a FILES section to the man page with a description of what $GIT_DIR/svn/**/.rev_map* files are and how they are (re)built, and links to this description from various other parts of the man page. Signed-off-by: Keshav Kini <keshav.kini@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-10-10git-svn.txt: replace .git with $GIT_DIRLibravatar Keshav Kini1-8/+8
As $GIT_DIR may not equal '.git', it's usually more generally correct to refer to files in $GIT_DIR rather than in .git . This will also allow me to link some of the occurrences of '.git' in git-svn.txt to a new reference target inside this file in an upcoming commit, because in AsciiDoc definitions apparently can't start with a '.' character. Signed-off-by: Keshav Kini <keshav.kini@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-10-10git-svn.txt: reword description of gc commandLibravatar Keshav Kini1-2/+2
It's redundant to say that $GIT_DIR/svn/<refname>/unhandled.log or $GIT_DIR/svn/<refname>/index is in .git/svn when $GIT_DIR is '.git', and is wrong when $GIT_DIR is not '.git' Also, a '/' was missing from the pathname $GIT_DIR/svn/<refname>/index . Signed-off-by: Keshav Kini <keshav.kini@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-10-10git-svn.txt: fix AsciiDoc formatting errorLibravatar Keshav Kini1-1/+1
As asterisks are used to indicate bold text in AsciiDoc, shell glob expressions must be escaped appropriately. Signed-off-by: Keshav Kini <keshav.kini@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-08-05fix typo in documentation of git-svnLibravatar Felix Gruber1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Felix Gruber <felgru@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-05-20git-svn: introduce --parents parameter for commands branch and tagLibravatar Tobias Schulte1-0/+5
This parameter is equivalent to the parameter --parents on svn cp commands and is useful for non-standard repository layouts. Signed-off-by: Tobias Schulte <tobias.schulte@gliderpilot.de> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-05-20git-svn: clarify explanation of --destination argumentLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-5/+14
The existing documentation for "-d" does not make it obvious whether its argument is supposed to be a full svn path, a partial svn path, the glob from the config file, or what. Clarify the text and add an example to get the reader started. Reported-by: Nathan Gray <n8gray@n8gray.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-05-20git-svn: multiple fetch/branches/tags keys are supportedLibravatar Nathan Gray1-0/+12
"git svn" can be configured to use multiple fetch, branches, and tags refspecs by passing multiple --branches or --tags options at init time or editing the configuration file later, which can be handy when working with messy Subversion repositories. Add a note to the configuration section documenting how this works. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-05-09git-svn: added an --include-path flagLibravatar Paul Walmsley1-0/+12
The SVN::Fetcher module is now able to filter for inclusion as well as exclusion (as used by --ignore-path). Also added tests, documentation changes and git completion script. If you have an SVN repository with many top level directories and you only want a git-svn clone of some of them then using --ignore-path is difficult as it requires a very long regexp. In this case it's much easier to filter for inclusion. [ew: remove trailing whitespace] Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjwhams@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2013-04-12doc: various spelling fixesLibravatar Stefano Lattarini1-2/+2
Most of these were found using Lucas De Marchi's codespell tool. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-02-01Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git'Libravatar Thomas Ackermann1-44/+44
Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-01-17git-svn: teach find-rev to find near matchesLibravatar John Keeping1-0/+10
When a single SVN repository is split into multiple Git repositories many SVN revisions will exist in only one of the Git repositories created. For some projects the only way to build a working artifact is to check out corresponding versions of various repositories, with no indication of what those are in the Git world - in the SVN world the revision numbers are sufficient. By adding "--before" to "git-svn find-rev" we can say "tell me what this repository looked like when that other repository looked like this": git svn find-rev --before \ r$(git --git-dir=/over/there.git svn find-rev HEAD) Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2012-12-05git-svn: Note about tags.Libravatar Sebastian Leske1-0/+6
Document that 'git svn' will import SVN tags as branches. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Leske <sebastian.leske@sleske.name> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-05git-svn: Expand documentation for --follow-parentLibravatar Sebastian Leske1-3/+12
Describe what the option --follow-parent does, and what happens if it is set or unset. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Leske <sebastian.leske@sleske.name> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-05git-svn: Recommend use of structure options.Libravatar Sebastian Leske1-3/+21
Document that when using git svn, one should usually either use the directory structure options to import branches as branches, or only import one subdirectory. The default behaviour of cloning all branches and tags as subdirectories in the working copy is usually not what the user wants. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Leske <sebastian.leske@sleske.name> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-05git-svn: Document branches with at-sign(@).Libravatar Sebastian Leske1-0/+46
git svn sometimes creates branches with an at-sign in the name (branchname@revision). These branches confuse many users and it is a FAQ why they are created. Document when git svn creates them. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Leske <sebastian.leske@sleske.name> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-26Document git-svn fetch --log-window-size parameterLibravatar Gunnlaugur Þór Briem1-0/+7
The --log-window-size parameter to git-svn fetch is undocumented. Minimally describe what it does and why the user might change it. Signed-off-by: Gunnlaugur Þór Briem <gunnlaugur@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
2012-05-17git-svn: clarify the referent of dcommit's optional argumentLibravatar Jon Seymour1-20/+19
The documentation of the dcommit subcommand is reworded to clarify that the optional argument refers to a git branch, not an SVN branch. The discussion of the optional argument is put into its own paragraph as is the guidance about using 'dcommit' in preference to 'set-tree'. The section on REBASE vs. PULL/MERGE is reworded to incorporate the advice to prefer 'git rebase' previously in the description of 'dcommit'. Signed-off-by: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2012-05-16git-svn: support rebase --preserve-mergesLibravatar Avishay Lavie1-0/+2
When git svn rebase is performed after an unpushed merge, the rebase operation follows both parents and replays both the user's local commits and those from the merged branch. This is usually not the intended behavior. This patch adds support for the --preserve-merges/-p flag which allows for a better workflow by re-applying merge commits as merges. [ew: fixed a minor syntax error] Signed-off-by: Avishay Lavie <avishay.lavie@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2011-10-16git svn dcommit: new option --interactive.Libravatar Frédéric Heitzmann1-0/+8
Allow the user to check the patch set before it is commited to SVN. It is then possible to accept/discard one patch, accept all, or quit. This interactive mode is similar with 'git send email' behaviour. However, 'git svn dcommit' returns as soon as one patch is discarded. Part of the code was taken from git-send-email.perl (see 'ask' function) Tests several combinations of potential answers to 'git svn dcommit --interactive'. For each of them, test whether patches were commited to SVN or not. Thanks-to Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> for the initial idea. Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Frédéric Heitzmann <frederic.heitzmann@gmail.com>
2011-09-21Remove 'working copy' from the documentation and C codeLibravatar Carlos Martín Nieto1-1/+1
The git term is 'working tree', so replace the most public references to 'working copy'. Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-09-13git-svn: teach git-svn to populate svn:mergeinfoLibravatar Bryan Jacobs1-0/+8
Allow git-svn to populate the svn:mergeinfo property automatically in a narrow range of circumstances. Specifically, when dcommitting a revision with multiple parents, all but (potentially) the first of which have been committed to SVN in the same repository as the target of the dcommit. In this case, the merge info is the union of that given by each of the parents, plus all changes introduced to the first parent by the other parents. In all other cases where a revision to be committed has multiple parents, cause "git svn dcommit" to raise an error rather than completing the commit and potentially losing history information in the upstream SVN repository. This behavior is disabled by default, and can be enabled by setting the svn.pushmergeinfo config option. [ew: minor style changes and manpage merge fix] Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Bryan Jacobs <bjacobs@woti.com>
2011-09-01git-svn: Teach dcommit --mergeinfo to handle multiple linesLibravatar Bryan Jacobs1-2/+3
"svn dcommit --mergeinfo" replaces the svn:mergeinfo property in an upstream SVN repository with the given text. The svn:mergeinfo property may contain commits originating on multiple branches, separated by newlines. Cause space characters in the mergeinfo to be replaced by newlines, allowing a user to create history representing multiple branches being merged into one. Update the corresponding documentation and add a test for the new functionality. Signed-off-by: Bryan Jacobs <bjacobs@woti.com> Acked-by: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2011-09-01git-svn: New flag to emulate empty directoriesLibravatar Ray Chen1-0/+11
Adds a --preserve-empty-dirs flag to the clone operation that will detect empty directories in the remote Subversion repository and create placeholder files in the corresponding local Git directories. This allows "empty" directories to exist in the history of a Git repository. Also adds the --placeholder-file flag to control the name of any placeholder files created. Default value is ".gitignore". Signed-off-by: Ray Chen <rchen@cs.umd.edu> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2011-07-06Documentation: use [verse] for SYNOPSIS sectionsLibravatar Martin von Zweigbergk1-0/+1
The SYNOPSIS sections of most commands that span several lines already use [verse] to retain line breaks. Most commands that don't span several lines seem not to use [verse]. In the HTML output, [verse] does not only preserve line breaks, but also makes the section indented, which causes a slight inconsistency between commands that use [verse] and those that don't. Use [verse] in all SYNOPSIS sections for consistency. Also remove the blank lines from git-fetch.txt and git-rebase.txt to align with the other man pages. In the case of git-rebase.txt, which already uses [verse], the blank line makes the [verse] not apply to the last line, so removing the blank line also makes the formatting within the document more consistent. While at it, add single quotes to 'git cvsimport' for consistency with other commands. Signed-off-by: Martin von Zweigbergk <martin.von.zweigbergk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-04Merge branch 'ss/doc-svn'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-9/+7
* ss/doc-svn: remove noise and inaccuracies from git-svn docs
2011-05-01Merge branch 'vh/git-svn-doc'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-11/+11
* vh/git-svn-doc: git-svn.txt: small typeface improvements git-svn.txt: move option descriptions git-svn.txt: fix usage of --add-author-from
2011-04-27Merge branch 'mh/git-svn-automkdirs'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+10
* mh/git-svn-automkdirs: git-svn: add an option to skip the creation of empty directories
2011-04-26git-svn.txt: small typeface improvementsLibravatar Valentin Haenel1-4/+4
Mark subcommand names as 'subcommand' to make them stand out. Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-26git-svn.txt: move option descriptionsLibravatar Valentin Haenel1-11/+11
The options '---use-log-author' and '--add-author-from' are applicable to other subcommands except 'fetch' -- therefore move them from the 'fetch' section to the more general 'options' section. Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-26git-svn.txt: fix usage of --add-author-fromLibravatar Valentin Haenel1-1/+1
The option '--add-author-from' is used in 'commit-diff', 'set-tree', and 'dcommit' subcommands. Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-19Sync with 1.7.4.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+7
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-19remove noise and inaccuracies from git-svn docsLibravatar Stefan Sperling1-9/+7
Signed-off-by: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>