X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-archimport.txt;h=f4504ba9bfd7285f2e117d3f54cab37801cc5b25;hb=HEAD;hp=c7a6e3ec050b7ceeec79d468b5ffa123314c8f5d;hpb=77f143bf3e218857ec8e5244d7e862e8e0c1a041;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt index c7a6e3ec0..f4504ba9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt @@ -29,22 +29,22 @@ branches that have different roots, it will refuse to run. In that case, edit your parameters to define clearly the scope of the import. -'git-archimport' uses `tla` extensively in the background to access the +'git archimport' uses `tla` extensively in the background to access the Arch repository. Make sure you have a recent version of `tla` available in the path. `tla` must -know about the repositories you pass to 'git-archimport'. +know about the repositories you pass to 'git archimport'. -For the initial import, 'git-archimport' expects to find itself in an empty +For the initial import, 'git archimport' expects to find itself in an empty directory. To follow the development of a project that uses Arch, rerun -'git-archimport' with the same parameters as the initial import to perform +'git archimport' with the same parameters as the initial import to perform incremental imports. -While 'git-archimport' will try to create sensible branch names for the +While 'git archimport' will try to create sensible branch names for the archives that it imports, it is also possible to specify git branch names manually. To do so, write a git branch name after each parameter, separated by a colon. This way, you can shorten the Arch branch names and convert Arch jargon to git jargon, for example mapping a -"PROJECT--devo--VERSION" branch to "master". +"PROJECT{litdd}devo{litdd}VERSION" branch to "master". Associating multiple Arch branches to one git branch is possible; the result will make the most sense only if no commits are made to the first @@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ OPTIONS -o:: Use this for compatibility with old-style branch names used by - earlier versions of 'git-archimport'. Old-style branch names - were category--branch, whereas new-style branch names are - archive,category--branch--version. In both cases, names given + earlier versions of 'git archimport'. Old-style branch names + were category{litdd}branch, whereas new-style branch names are + archive,category{litdd}branch{litdd}version. In both cases, names given on the command-line will override the automatically-generated ones. @@ -107,14 +107,6 @@ OPTIONS Archive/branch identifier in a format that `tla log` understands. -Author ------- -Written by Martin Langhoff . - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano, Martin Langhoff and the git-list . - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite