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authorRay Chen <rchen@cs.umd.edu>2011-07-20 18:37:26 -0400
committerEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>2011-09-01 07:10:22 +0000
commit40a1530c07a6a720b6cfa52c6132274fac4e4112 (patch)
treefeabfa82ea7a7f07ce219b29962ac11c3efee468 /Documentation
parent4b5eac7f03f411f75087e0b6db23caa999624304 (diff)
downloadgit-40a1530c07a6a720b6cfa52c6132274fac4e4112.tar.gz
git-svn: New flag to emulate empty directories
Adds a --preserve-empty-dirs flag to the clone operation that will detect empty directories in the remote Subversion repository and create placeholder files in the corresponding local Git directories. This allows "empty" directories to exist in the history of a Git repository. Also adds the --placeholder-file flag to control the name of any placeholder files created. Default value is ".gitignore". Signed-off-by: Ray Chen <rchen@cs.umd.edu> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index ed5eca1fce..6d4e1893b2 100644
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@@ -157,6 +157,17 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;;
affecting the working tree; and the 'rebase' command will be
able to update the working tree with the latest changes.
+--preserve-empty-dirs;;
+ Create a placeholder file in the local Git repository for each
+ empty directory fetched from Subversion. This includes directories
+ that become empty by removing all entries in the Subversion
+ repository (but not the directory itself). The placeholder files
+ are also tracked and removed when no longer necessary.
+
+--placeholder-filename=<filename>;;
+ Set the name of placeholder files created by --preserve-empty-dirs.
+ Default: ".gitignore"
+
'rebase'::
This fetches revisions from the SVN parent of the current HEAD
and rebases the current (uncommitted to SVN) work against it.