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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index fd7f54093fc3d0a85126a0826affb712096aa144..4c8d1e638632bc67dcd74536dd6dd287b2604111 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -8,25 +8,25 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
+'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Exports a commit from GIT to a CVS checkout, making it easier
-to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository. 
+to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository.
 
-Execute it from the root of the CVS working copy. GIT_DIR must be defined. 
+Execute it from the root of the CVS working copy. GIT_DIR must be defined.
 See examples below.
 
-It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are 
-unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit 
+It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are
+unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit
 by default.
 
 Supports file additions, removals, and commits that affect binary files.
 
 If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell git-cvsexportcommit what parent
-should the changeset be done against. 
+should the changeset be done against.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -55,9 +55,12 @@ OPTIONS
        Force the parent commit, even if it is not a direct parent.
 
 -m::
-       Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix. 
+       Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix.
        Useful for patch series and the like.
 
+-u::
+       Update affected files from CVS repository before attempting export.
+
 -v::
        Verbose.
 
@@ -70,10 +73,10 @@ Merge one patch into CVS::
 $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
 $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
 $ git-cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1>
-$ cvs commit -F .mgs <files> 
+$ cvs commit -F .mgs <files>
 ------------
 
-Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing ::
+Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing::
 +
 ------------
 $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
@@ -92,4 +95,3 @@ Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-