X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-fast-import.txt;h=02bb49886cc5f8415cec8786282681b4114a6380;hb=2b1e17237b0b14855ad8337ec001d6d1fd7cca61;hp=f56dfcabb96d1510abfd61a13c36135f3824b744;hpb=f29db856e7a736dd5109223d71c548367bc127ae;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index f56dfcabb..02bb49886 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -534,9 +534,6 @@ start with double quote (`"`).
 If an `LF` or double quote must be encoded into `<path>` shell-style
 quoting should be used, e.g. `"path/with\n and \" in it"`.
 
-Additionally, in `040000` mode, `<path>` may also be an empty string
-(`""`) to specify the root of the tree.
-
 The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not:
 
 * contain an empty directory component (e.g. `foo//bar` is invalid),
@@ -545,6 +542,8 @@ The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not:
 * contain the special component `.` or `..` (e.g. `foo/./bar` and
   `foo/../bar` are invalid).
 
+The root of the tree can be represented by an empty string as `<path>`.
+
 It is recommended that `<path>` always be encoded using UTF-8.
 
 `filedelete`
@@ -905,7 +904,7 @@ The `<dataref>` can be either a mark reference (`:<idnum>`)
 set previously or a full 40-byte SHA-1 of a Git blob, preexisting or
 ready to be written.
 
-output uses the same format as `git cat-file --batch`:
+Output uses the same format as `git cat-file --batch`:
 
 ====
 	<sha1> SP 'blob' SP <size> LF
@@ -949,6 +948,13 @@ cat-blob::
 	rather than wasting time on the early part of an import
 	before the unsupported command is detected.
 
+notes::
+	Require that the backend support the 'notemodify' (N)
+	subcommand to the 'commit' command.
+	Versions of fast-import not supporting notes will exit
+	with a message indicating so.
+
+
 `option`
 ~~~~~~~~
 Processes the specified option so that git fast-import behaves in a