Git 1.6.6.3

[git.git] / Documentation / git-fast-import.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 288032c7b88f2f43a2965d5bdbffc8472f0ca281..79c5f69d421399091b7ee6f71339505edf15ce0c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ OPTIONS
        importers may wish to lower this, such as to ensure the
        resulting packfiles fit on CDs.
 
+--big-file-threshold=<n>::
+       Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to
+       create a delta for, expressed in bytes.  The default is 512m
+       (512 MiB).  Some importers may wish to lower this on systems
+       with constrained memory.
+
 --depth=<n>::
        Maximum delta depth, for blob and tree deltification.
        Default is 10.
@@ -311,8 +317,8 @@ change to the project.
 ....
        'commit' SP <ref> LF
        mark?
-       ('author' SP <name> SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF)?
-       'committer' SP <name> SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
+       ('author' (SP <name>)? SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF)?
+       'committer' (SP <name>)? SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
        data
        ('from' SP <committish> LF)?
        ('merge' SP <committish> LF)?
@@ -657,7 +663,7 @@ lightweight (non-annotated) tags see the `reset` command below.
 ....
        'tag' SP <name> LF
        'from' SP <committish> LF
-       'tagger' SP <name> SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
+       'tagger' (SP <name>)? SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
        data
 ....