vcs-svn: set up channel to read fast-import cat-blob response

[git.git] / contrib / svn-fe / svn-fe.txt

diff --git a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt
index cd075b96c54419fdaa25c56b24133dd080f440ca..85f7b8302835c741c6963611b6483223aa573410 100644 (file)
--- a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt
+++ b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ svn-fe - convert an SVN "dumpfile" to a fast-import stream
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-svnadmin dump --incremental REPO | svn-fe [url] | git fast-import
+[verse]
+mkfifo backchannel &&
+svnadmin dump --incremental REPO |
+       svn-fe [url] 3<backchannel |
+       git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=3 3>backchannel
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------