Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> --- I've been meaning to do this for a while, hopefully this cuts down on the redundant mailing list traffic about these subjects. Documentation/git-svn.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 816340b..fbc5887 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -479,6 +479,38 @@ the user on the git side. git-svn does however follow copy history of the directory that it is tracking, however (much like how 'svn log' works). +CAVEATS +------- + +For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with a less-capable system +(SVN), it is recommended that all git-svn users clone, fetch and dcommit +directly from the SVN server, and avoid all git-clone/pull/merge/push +operations between git repositories and branches. The recommended +method of exchanging code between git branches and users is +git-format-patch and git-am, or just dcommiting to the SVN repository. + +Running 'git-merge' or 'git-pull' is NOT recommended on a branch you +plan to dcommit from. Subversion does not represent merges in any +reasonable or useful fashion; so users using Subversion cannot see any +merges you've made. Furthermore, if you merge or pull from a git branch +that is a mirror of an SVN branch, dcommit may commit to the wrong +branch. + +'git-clone' does not clone branches under the refs/remotes/ hierarchy or +any git-svn metadata, or config. So repositories created and managed with +using git-svn should use rsync(1) for cloning, if cloning is to be done +at all. + +Since 'dcommit' uses rebase internally, any git branches you git-push to +before dcommit on will require forcing an overwrite of the existing ref +on the remote repository. This is generally considered bad practice, +see the git-push(1) documentation for details. + +Do not use the --amend option of git-commit(1) on a change you've +already dcommitted. It is considered bad practice to --amend commits +you've already pushed to a remote repository for other users, and +dcommit with SVN is analogous to that. + BUGS ---- -- 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
