On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 04:21:36PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > -git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and git. > > -It is not to be confused with linkgit:git-svnimport[1], which is > > -read-only. > > +git-svn is a simple bidirectional conduit for changesets between > > +Subversion and git. It is used to develop projects with Git tools, > > +but commit changes to a Subversion repository. It can also be used to > > That is correct but doesn't the above give a false impression that commits > are only made on subversion side and never on git side? Hmm.. I'll try to make it more explicity. Will send another patch soon. > > +convert a Subversion repository to a Git repository. It should not > > +be confused with linkgit:git-svnimport[1], which does Subversion to > > +Git conversion, but not the other direction. > > We do not ship nor document svnimport anymore and linkgit: there is > actively wrong. People seem to be confused with ancient documents still > floating on the Web that talk about svnimport, and I think it is a good > idea to try to clear the confusion here, but perhaps... OK, I will not mention svnimport in the next patch. > ... with the deprecated `git-svnimport`, which was used for > one-way conversion from Subversion to git. > > > @@ -520,6 +523,38 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git clone': > > git-svn rebase > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > +CONVERTING A SUBVERSION REPOSITORY TO A GIT REPOSITORY > > +------------------------------------------------------ > > + > > +When converting a Subversion repository to a Git repository > > +--no-metadata removes "git-svn-id:" comments from the log. > > +-A option is used to convert SVN pseudonyms to real names > > Anything that user usually would type on the command line it is preferred > to typeset with `quoted like this`, so "`--no-metadata`" and "`-A` option". > > It is not `--no-metadata` "removes". git-svn adds cruft because it wants > to use it for bidi operation, but --no-metadata prevents it from doing > so. OK -- Heikki Orsila heikki.orsila@xxxxxx http://www.iki.fi/shd -- 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
