remote: fix set-branches usage and documentation

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index ddfcb3d143239174d600c8fde9dbb58b772fff4b..8bcd875a677ab6ff91fc4600d541eac4750efce7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
              [-A <author-conv-file>] [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-P <file>]
              [-C <git_repository>] [-z <fuzz>] [-i] [-k] [-u] [-s <subst>]
              [-a] [-m] [-M <regex>] [-S <regex>] [-L <commitlimit>]
-             [-r <remote>] [<CVS_module>]
+             [-r <remote>] [-R] [<CVS_module>]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
 export changes back to CVS again later with
 'git cvsexportcommit'.
 
+-R::
+       Generate a `$GIT_DIR/cvs-revisions` file containing a mapping from CVS
+       revision numbers to newly-created Git commit IDs.  The generated file
+       will contain one line for each (filename, revision) pair imported;
+       each line will look like
++
+---------
+src/widget.c 1.1 1d862f173cdc7325b6fa6d2ae1cfd61fd1b512b7
+---------
++
+The revision data is appended to the file if it already exists, for use when
+doing incremental imports.
++
+This option may be useful if you have CVS revision numbers stored in commit
+messages, bug-tracking systems, email archives, and the like.
+
 -h::
        Print a short usage message and exit.