Merge branch 'maint'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index d21d66bfebe368c034afdabf79e8f143813e619d..f5450de74a220c2c3c842835749c20f34cfef1f2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-cvsimport(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-cvsimport - Import a CVS repository into git
+git-cvsimport - Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -90,15 +90,28 @@ If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.
        Print a short usage message and exit.
 
 -z <fuzz>::
-        Pass the timestamp fuzz factor to cvsps.
+       Pass the timestamp fuzz factor to cvsps, in seconds. If unset,
+       cvsps defaults to 300s.
 
 -s <subst>::
        Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst>
 
 -A <author-conv-file>::
-       CVS by default uses the unix username when writing its
+       CVS by default uses the Unix username when writing its
        commit logs. Using this option and an author-conv-file
        in this format
+
+-a::
+       Import all commits, including recent ones. cvsimport by default
+       skips commits that have a timestamp less than 10 minutes ago.
+
+-S <regex>::
+       Skip paths matching the regex.
+
+-L <limit>::
+       Limit the number of commits imported. Workaround for cases where
+       cvsimport leaks memory.
+
 +
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        exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>