Merge branch 'maint'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index f230125a81baab9f13bf84e3543b63fc77a8e827..84c8f3cde0b781ef1579b38a17430dc405115190 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 'git-svn' is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and git.
 It provides a bidirectional flow of changes between a Subversion and a git
-respository.
+repository.
 
 'git-svn' can track a single Subversion branch simply by using a
 URL to the branch, follow branches laid out in the Subversion recommended
@@ -138,8 +138,33 @@ and have no uncommitted changes.
 +
 --no-rebase;;
        After committing, do not rebase or reset.
+--commit-url <URL>;;
+       Commit to this SVN URL (the full path).  This is intended to
+       allow existing git-svn repositories created with one transport
+       method (e.g. `svn://` or `http://` for anonymous read) to be
+       reused if a user is later given access to an alternate transport
+       method (e.g. `svn+ssh://` or `https://`) for commit.
+
+       Using this option for any other purpose (don't ask)
+       is very strongly discouraged.
 --
 
+'branch'::
+       Create a branch in the SVN repository.
+
+-m;;
+--message;;
+       Allows to specify the commit message.
+
+-t;;
+--tag;;
+       Create a tag by using the tags_subdir instead of the branches_subdir
+       specified during git svn init.
+
+'tag'::
+       Create a tag in the SVN repository. This is a shorthand for
+       'branch -t'.
+
 'log'::
        This should make it easy to look up svn log messages when svn
        users refer to -r/--revision numbers.
@@ -209,7 +234,7 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git-log'
        Recursively finds the svn:ignore property on directories and
        creates matching .gitignore files. The resulting files are staged to
        be committed, but are not committed. Use -r/--revision to refer to a
-       specfic revision.
+       specific revision.
 
 'show-ignore'::
        Recursively finds and lists the svn:ignore property on
@@ -363,7 +388,8 @@ Passed directly to 'git-rebase' when using 'dcommit' if a
 -n::
 --dry-run::
 
-This can be used with the 'dcommit' and 'rebase' commands.
+This can be used with the 'dcommit', 'rebase', 'branch' and 'tag'
+commands.
 
 For 'dcommit', print out the series of git arguments that would show
 which diffs would be committed to SVN.
@@ -372,6 +398,9 @@ For 'rebase', display the local branch associated with the upstream svn
 repository associated with the current branch and the URL of svn
 repository that will be fetched from.
 
+For 'branch' and 'tag', display the urls that will be used for copying when
+creating the branch or tag.
+
 --
 
 ADVANCED OPTIONS
@@ -464,7 +493,7 @@ Tracking and contributing to the trunk of a Subversion-managed project:
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Clone a repo (like git clone):
-       git svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project/trunk
+       git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project/trunk
 # Enter the newly cloned directory:
        cd trunk
 # You should be on master branch, double-check with git-branch
@@ -486,9 +515,11 @@ Tracking and contributing to an entire Subversion-managed project
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Clone a repo (like git clone):
-       git svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project -T trunk -b branches -t tags
+       git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project -T trunk -b branches -t tags
 # View all branches and tags you have cloned:
        git branch -r
+# Create a new branch in SVN
+    git svn branch waldo
 # Reset your master to trunk (or any other branch, replacing 'trunk'
 # with the appropriate name):
        git reset --hard remotes/trunk
@@ -505,7 +536,7 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git-clone':
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Do the initial import on a server
-       ssh server "cd /pub && git svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project
+       ssh server "cd /pub && git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project
 # Clone locally - make sure the refs/remotes/ space matches the server
        mkdir project
        cd project
@@ -514,7 +545,7 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git-clone':
        git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*'
        git fetch
 # Initialize git-svn locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server)
-       git svn init http://svn.foo.org/project
+       git svn init http://svn.example.com/project
 # Pull the latest changes from Subversion
        git svn rebase
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------