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authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>2011-12-19 19:24:30 -0600
committerEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>2013-05-20 22:05:47 +0000
commit7d82b4af1cefe55b825f524f250cd0002dbba4ab (patch)
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parenteff714bddafd3d49cde0eac6ae670970da024fb4 (diff)
downloadgit-7d82b4af1cefe55b825f524f250cd0002dbba4ab.tar.gz
git-svn: clarify explanation of --destination argument
The existing documentation for "-d" does not make it obvious whether its argument is supposed to be a full svn path, a partial svn path, the glob from the config file, or what. Clarify the text and add an example to get the reader started. Reported-by: Nathan Gray <n8gray@n8gray.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt19
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 6c0988e895..68c706d807 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -271,13 +271,15 @@ first have already been pushed into SVN.
Create a tag by using the tags_subdir instead of the branches_subdir
specified during git svn init.
--d;;
---destination;;
+-d<path>;;
+--destination=<path>;;
+
If more than one --branches (or --tags) option was given to the 'init'
or 'clone' command, you must provide the location of the branch (or
- tag) you wish to create in the SVN repository. The value of this
- option must match one of the paths specified by a --branches (or
- --tags) option. You can see these paths with the commands
+ tag) you wish to create in the SVN repository. <path> specifies which
+ path to use to create the branch or tag and should match the pattern
+ on the left-hand side of one of the configured branches or tags
+ refspecs. You can see these refspecs with the commands
+
git config --get-all svn-remote.<name>.branches
git config --get-all svn-remote.<name>.tags
@@ -1044,6 +1046,13 @@ Multiple fetch, branches, and tags keys are supported:
tags = tags/server/*:refs/remotes/project-a/tags/*
------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Creating a branch in such a configuration requires disambiguating which
+location to use using the -d or --destination flag:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+$ git svn branch -d branches/server release-2-3-0
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
Note that git-svn keeps track of the highest revision in which a branch
or tag has appeared. If the subset of branches or tags is changed after
fetching, then .git/svn/.metadata must be manually edited to remove (or