git-svn: trailing slash in prefix is mandatory with --branches/-b

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index c0d7d9597b8f569a1e996072bef667f517e74bd2..0a210e4bea49d49e9d38de402cc355ed4acc6a71 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ COMMANDS
        to the names of remotes if trunk/branches/tags are
        specified.  The prefix does not automatically include a
        trailing slash, so be sure you include one in the
-       argument if that is what you want.  This is useful if
-       you wish to track multiple projects that share a common
-       repository.
+       argument if that is what you want.  If --branches/-b is
+       specified, the prefix must include a trailing slash.
+       Setting a prefix is useful if you wish to track multiple
+       projects that share a common repository.
 
 'fetch'::
        Fetch unfetched revisions from the Subversion remote we are