Merge branch 'en/merge-recursive-2'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 713e523034d5b95071e2285252c1796cd83c6fcd..e75fc191d35fa98eac96dbc2e0cbf3d6069e5737 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and git
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git svn' <command> [options] [arguments]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -156,6 +157,17 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;;
        affecting the working tree; and the 'rebase' command will be
        able to update the working tree with the latest changes.
 
+--preserve-empty-dirs;;
+       Create a placeholder file in the local Git repository for each
+       empty directory fetched from Subversion.  This includes directories
+       that become empty by removing all entries in the Subversion
+       repository (but not the directory itself).  The placeholder files
+       are also tracked and removed when no longer necessary.
+
+--placeholder-filename=<filename>;;
+       Set the name of placeholder files created by --preserve-empty-dirs.
+       Default: ".gitignore"
+
 'rebase'::
        This fetches revisions from the SVN parent of the current HEAD
        and rebases the current (uncommitted to SVN) work against it.
@@ -210,8 +222,9 @@ discouraged.
        Add the given merge information during the dcommit
        (e.g. `--mergeinfo="/branches/foo:1-10"`). All svn server versions can
        store this information (as a property), and svn clients starting from
-       version 1.5 can make use of it. 'git svn' currently does not use it
-       and does not set it automatically.
+       version 1.5 can make use of it. To specify merge information from multiple
+       branches, use a single space character between the branches
+       (`--mergeinfo="/branches/foo:1-10 /branches/bar:3,5-6,8"`)
 
 'branch'::
        Create a branch in the SVN repository.