Clarify that dcommit creates a revision in SVN for every commit in git. Also, add 'merge' to the rebase vs pull section because git-merge is now a first-class UI. Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-svn.txt | 33 ++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index f754d2f..ce63def 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ See '<<fetch-args,Additional Fetch Arguments>>' if you are interested in manually joining branches on commit. 'dcommit':: - Commit all diffs from a specified head directly to the SVN + Commit each diff from a specified head directly to the SVN repository, and then rebase or reset (depending on whether or - not there is a diff between SVN and head). It is recommended - that you run git-svn fetch and rebase (not pull) your commits - against the latest changes in the SVN repository. + not there is a diff between SVN and head). This will create + a revision in SVN for each commit in git. + It is recommended that you run git-svn fetch and rebase (not + pull or merge) your commits against the latest changes in the + SVN repository. An optional command-line argument may be specified as an alternative to HEAD. This is advantageous over 'set-tree' (below) because it produces @@ -408,19 +410,20 @@ See also: git-svn multi-init ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -REBASE VS. PULL ---------------- +REBASE VS. PULL/MERGE +--------------------- Originally, git-svn recommended that the remotes/git-svn branch be -pulled from. This is because the author favored 'git-svn set-tree B' -to commit a single head rather than the 'git-svn set-tree A..B' notation -to commit multiple commits. - -If you use 'git-svn set-tree A..B' to commit several diffs and you do not -have the latest remotes/git-svn merged into my-branch, you should use -'git rebase' to update your work branch instead of 'git pull'. 'pull' -can cause non-linear history to be flattened when committing into SVN, -which can lead to merge commits reversing previous commits in SVN. +pulled or merged from. This is because the author favored +'git-svn set-tree B' to commit a single head rather than the +'git-svn set-tree A..B' notation to commit multiple commits. + +If you use 'git-svn set-tree A..B' to commit several diffs and you do +not have the latest remotes/git-svn merged into my-branch, you should +use 'git rebase' to update your work branch instead of 'git pull' or +'git merge'. 'pull/merge' can cause non-linear history to be flattened +when committing into SVN, which can lead to merge commits reversing +previous commits in SVN. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY ----------------- -- Eric Wong - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html