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author | Andreas Ericsson <exon@op5.se> | 2006-01-13 00:38:59 +0100 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-01-15 21:13:22 -0800 |
commit | ffd97f3a35d8394773409f17d58156b32ca911cf (patch) | |
tree | 20493913a91d9643662c35dcc7e4219b70b85aae /Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt | |
parent | d425142e2a045a9dd7879d028ec68bd748df48a3 (diff) | |
download | git-ffd97f3a35d8394773409f17d58156b32ca911cf.tar.gz |
git-cvsimport: Add -A <author-conv-file> option
This patch adds the option to specify an author name/email conversion
file in the format
exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
spawn=Simon Pawn <spawn@frog-pond.org>
which will translate the ugly cvs authornames to the more informative
git style.
The info is saved in $GIT_DIR/cvs-authors, so that subsequent
incremental imports will use the same author-info even if no -A
option is specified. If an -A option *is* specified, the info in
$GIT_DIR/cvs-authors is appended/updated appropriately.
Docs updated accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index 01ca7ef96f..dfe86ceea3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -89,6 +89,26 @@ If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma. -s <subst>:: Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst> +-A <author-conv-file>:: + CVS by default uses the unix username when writing its + commit logs. Using this option and an author-conv-file + in this format + + exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> + spawn=Simon Pawn <spawn@frog-pond.org> + + git-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had + their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly + all along. + + For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/cvs-authors + each time the -A option is provided and read from that same + file each time git-cvsimport is run. + + It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to + export changes back to CVS again later with + git-link[1]::git-cvsexportcommit. + OUTPUT ------ If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing. |