X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-cvsimport.txt;h=ddfcb3d143239174d600c8fde9dbb58b772fff4b;hb=fe7e37235dd9b36402afeccb24bbced933e847d7;hp=614e769f4e5351d2820ebb9bf0dd1ae519c965ba;hpb=a42332c21723fde9f36b579f6b39a23aa1aac137;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index 614e769f4..ddfcb3d14 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ At least version 2.1 is required. Please see the section <> for further reference. You should *never* do any work of your own on the branches that are -created by 'git-cvsimport'. By default initial import will create and populate a +created by 'git cvsimport'. By default initial import will create and populate a "master" branch from the CVS repository's main branch which you're free -to work with; after that, you need to 'git-merge' incremental imports, or +to work with; after that, you need to 'git merge' incremental imports, or any CVS branches, yourself. It is advisable to specify a named remote via -r to separate and protect the incoming branches. @@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ OPTIONS -d :: The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote; currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods - are supported. If not given, 'git-cvsimport' will try to read it + are supported. If not given, 'git cvsimport' will try to read it from `CVS/Root`. If no such file exists, it checks for the `CVSROOT` environment variable. :: The CVS module you want to import. Relative to . - If not given, 'git-cvsimport' tries to read it from + If not given, 'git cvsimport' tries to read it from `CVS/Repository`. -C :: @@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ OPTIONS -r :: The git remote to import this CVS repository into. Moves all CVS branches into remotes// - akin to the way 'git-clone' uses 'origin' by default. + akin to the way 'git clone' uses 'origin' by default. -o :: When no remote is specified (via -r) the 'HEAD' branch from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within the git repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for git. When a remote is specified the 'HEAD' branch is named - remotes//master mirroring 'git-clone' behaviour. + remotes//master mirroring 'git clone' behaviour. Use this option if you want to import into a different branch. + @@ -145,17 +145,17 @@ This option can be used several times to provide several detection regexes. --------- + -'git-cvsimport' will make it appear as those authors had +'git cvsimport' will make it appear as those authors had their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly all along. + For convenience, this data is saved to `$GIT_DIR/cvs-authors` each time the '-A' option is provided and read from that same -file each time 'git-cvsimport' is run. +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 -'git-cvsexportcommit'. +'git cvsexportcommit'. -h:: Print a short usage message and exit.