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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>
2011-04-19git-svn.txt: Document --mergeinfoLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-0/+7
6abd933 (git-svn: allow the mergeinfo property to be set, 2010-09-24) introduced the --mergeinfo option. Document it. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-04-09git-svn: Add a svn-remote.<name>.pushurl config keyLibravatar Alejandro R. Sedeño1-0/+10
Similar to the 'remote.<name>.pushurl' config key for git remotes, 'pushurl' is designed to be used in cases where 'url' points to an SVN repository via a read-only transport, to provide an alternate read/write transport. It is assumed that both keys point to the same repository. The 'pushurl' key is distinct from the 'commiturl' key in that 'commiturl' is a full svn path while 'pushurl' (like 'url') is a base path. 'commiturl' takes precendece over 'pushurl' in cases where either might be used. The 'pushurl' is used by git-svn's dcommit and branch commands. Signed-off-by: Alejandro R. Sedeño <asedeno@mit.edu> Reviewed-by: James Y Knight <jknight@itasoftware.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2011-04-01git-svn: add an option to skip the creation of empty directoriesLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-0/+10
"git svn mkdirs" (which creates empty directories in the current working copy) can be very slow and is often unnecessary. Provide a config file option "svn-remote.<name>.automkdirs" that prevents empty directories from being created automatically. (They are still created if "git svn mkdirs" is invoked explicitly.) Based-on-patch-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-11doc: add missing git footersLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+4
Almost every page has a footer that links back to the main git(1) page. Let's add it on the few that are missing it.
2011-03-11doc: drop author/documentation sections from most pagesLibravatar Jeff King1-8/+0
The point of these sections is generally to: 1. Give credit where it is due. 2. Give the reader an idea of where to ask questions or file bug reports. But they don't do a good job of either case. For (1), they are out of date and incomplete. A much more accurate answer can be gotten through shortlog or blame. For (2), the correct contact point is generally git@vger, and even if you wanted to cc the contact point, the out-of-date and incomplete fields mean you're likely sending to somebody useless. So let's drop the fields entirely from all manpages except git(1) itself. We already point people to the mailing list for bug reports there, and we can update the Authors section to give credit to the major contributors and point to shortlog and blame for more information. Each page has a "This is part of git" footer, so people can follow that to the main git manpage.
2011-02-17Make <identifier> lowercase in DocumentationLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-3/+3
Leaving uppercase abbreviations (e.g. URL) and an identifier named after an upercase env variable (CVSROOT) in place, this adjusts the few remaining cases and fixes an unidentified identifier along the way. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-01-07git svn: fix the final example in man pageLibravatar StephenB1-1/+4
'git-remote add' creates a remote.origin.fetch entry in the config, we want to replace this entry rather than add another one (which will cause 'git fetch' to error). This adds 'git config --remove-section remote.origin' after the fetch for encouraging users to only use "git svn" for future updates. [ew: rewording of commit message for present tense] Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: StephenB <mail4stb@gmail.com>
2011-01-04Fix typos in the documentationLibravatar Ralf Wildenhues1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-10-08Use parentheses and `...' where appropriateLibravatar Štěpán Němec1-1/+1
Remove some stray usage of other bracket types and asterisks for the same purpose. Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-09-24Documentation/git-svn: discourage "noMetadata"Libravatar Eric Wong1-3/+14
"noMetadata" is a sometimes harmful option, so better document its behavior and limitations. Suggested-by: Vadim Zeitlin Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2010-07-30git svn: add an option to recode pathnamesLibravatar Dmitry Statyvka1-0/+6
Introduce a new option 'svn.pathnameencoding' that instructs git svn to recode pathnames to a given encoding. It can be used by windows users and by those who work in non-utf8 locales to avoid corrupted file names with non-ascii characters. [rp: renamed the option and added manpage documentation] Signed-off-by: Dmitry Statyvka <dstatyvka@tmsoft-ltd.kiev.ua> Signed-off-by: Robert Pollak <robert.pollak@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2010-05-09git-svn documentation: minor grammar fixLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-1/+1
Use the definite article when talking about a configuration property. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2010-01-23git-svn: allow subset of branches/tags to be specified in glob specLibravatar Jay Soffian1-0/+16
For very large projects it is useful to be able to clone a subset of the upstream SVN repo's branches. Allow for this by letting the left-side of the branches and tags glob specs contain a brace-delineated comma-separated list of names. e.g.: branches = branches/{red,green}/src:refs/remotes/branches/* Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2010-01-23git-svn: allow UUID to be manually remapped via rewriteUUIDLibravatar Jay Soffian1-3/+12
In certain situations it may be necessary to manually remap an svn repostitory UUID. For example: o--- [git-svn clone] / [origin svn repo] \ o--- [svnsync clone] Imagine that only "git-svn clone" and "svnsync clone" are made available to external users. Furthur, "git-svn clone" contains only trunk, and for reasons unknown, "svnsync clone" is missing the revision properties that normally provide the origin svn repo's UUID. A git user who has cloned the "git-svn clone" repo now wishes to use git-svn to pull in the missing branches from the "synsync clone" repo. In order for git-svn to get the history correct for those branches, it needs to know the origin svn repo's UUID. Hence rewriteUUID. Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2010-01-23git-svn: document --username/commit-url for branch/tagLibravatar Igor Mironov1-0/+13
[ew: shortened subject] Signed-off-by: Igor Mironov <igor.a.mironov@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2009-11-16Document git-svn's first-parent ruleLibravatar Thomas Rast1-0/+10
git-svn has the following rule to detect the SVN base for its operations: find the first git-svn-id line reachable through first-parent ancestry. IOW, git log --grep=^git-svn-id: --first-parent -1 Document this, as it is very important when using merges with git-svn. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
2009-11-15git svn: attempt to create empty dirs on clone+rebaseLibravatar Eric Wong1-0/+7
We parse unhandled.log files for empty_dir statements and make a best effort attempt to recreate empty directories on fresh clones and rebase. This should cover the majority of cases where users work off a single branch or for projects where branches do not differ in empty directories. Since this cannot affect "normal" git commands like "checkout" or "reset", so users switching between branches in a single working directory should use the new "git svn mkdirs" command after switching branches. Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2009-08-18git-svn.txt: Fix location of parent argumentLibravatar Tuomas Suutari1-3/+3
The note about interoperating in different timezones and such is about localtime argument, not parent. Signed-off-by: Tuomas Suutari <tuomas.suutari@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2009-07-25git svn: revert default behavior for --minimize-urlLibravatar Eric Wong1-0/+11
This reverts the --minimize-url behavior change that appeared recently in commit 0b2af457a49e3b00d47d556d5301934d27909db8 ("Fix branch detection when repository root is inaccessible"). However, we now allow the option to be turned off by allowing "--no-minimize-url" so people with limited-access setups can still take advantage of the fix in 0b2af457a49e3b00d47d556d5301934d27909db8. Also document the behavior and default settings of minimize-url in the manpage for the first time. This introduces a temporary UI regression to allow t9141 to pass that will be reverted (fixed) in the next commit. Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2009-07-25git svn: add gc commandLibravatar Robert Allan Zeh1-0/+4
Add a git svn gc command that gzips all unhandled.log files, and removes all index files under .git/svn. Signed-off-by: Robert Allan Zeh <robert.a.zeh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
2009-07-08git-svn.txt: fix description of fetch flags accepted by clone.Libravatar Yann Dirson1-4/+4
Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-07-08git-svn.txt: fix fetch flags incorrectly documented as init flags.Libravatar Yann Dirson1-10/+11
Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-07-08git-svn.txt: make formatting more consistent.Libravatar Yann Dirson1-110/+101
- correctly link paragraphs within list items - consistently format examples - put option alernatives on separate lines - always use [verse] for config items - always indent 1st paragraph of a list item, with a tab Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-07-08git-svn.txt: stop using dash-form of commands.Libravatar Yann Dirson1-60/+60
Also consistently use single quotes around git commands to make things clear (was only needed at a couple of places). Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-06-27git svn: Doc update for multiple branch and tag pathsLibravatar Marc Branchaud1-9/+35
Signed-off-by: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>