Import branch 'git-p4' of git://repo.or.cz/fast-export

[git.git] / Documentation / git-mailsplit.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
index 5a17801f6a8d4d307f55e62745a400ad498ebdb9..c4f4cabbdcdaae18491c301d44fd68ae89b18352 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@ git-mailsplit(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
 
 NAME
 ----

-git-mailsplit - Totally braindamaged mbox splitter program
+git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program

 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------

-'git-mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>...]
+'git-mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...]

 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------

-Splits a mbox file into a list of files: "0001" "0002" ..  in the specified
-directory so you can process them further from there.
+Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" ..  in the
+specified directory so you can process them further from there.
+
+IMPORTANT: Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output
+patches in the correct order.

 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
 OPTIONS
 -------


@@ -20,6 +23,10 @@ OPTIONS
        Mbox file to split.  If not given, the mbox is read from
        the standard input.
 
        Mbox file to split.  If not given, the mbox is read from
        the standard input.
 

+<Maildir>::
+       Root of the Maildir to split. This directory should contain the cur, tmp
+       and new subdirectories.
+

 <directory>::
        Directory in which to place the individual messages.
 
 <directory>::
        Directory in which to place the individual messages.
 


@@ -49,4 +56,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
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 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
 GIT
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 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite

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