X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-cvsimport.txt;h=58eefd42e504cf34178719080fd4f75a0b9ea621;hb=31a3c6bb45aa61e45f1663871620eaf742f0abbb;hp=fdd7ec7edd8d655a1f660db7eca90ee8cfa9ffc2;hpb=7468c297fa88f0035dc719e996b93b1404eee6e3;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index fdd7ec7ed..58eefd42e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -102,13 +102,17 @@ If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma. -m:: Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option - will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source + will enable default regexes that try to capture the source branch name from the commit message. -M :: Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom - regex. It can be used with '-m' to also see the default regexes. - You must escape forward slashes. + regex. It can be used with '-m' to enable the default regexes + as well. You must escape forward slashes. ++ +The regex must capture the source branch name in $1. ++ +This option can be used several times to provide several detection regexes. -S :: Skip paths matching the regex. @@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ file each time git-cvsimport is run. + It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to export changes back to CVS again later with -gitlink:git-cvsexportcommit[1]. +linkgit:git-cvsexportcommit[1]. -h:: Print a short usage message and exit. @@ -166,4 +170,4 @@ Documentation by Matthias Urlichs . GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite