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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 939ec4652b..445f6b8544 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -349,17 +349,16 @@ their syntax. `from` ^^^^^^ -Only valid for the first commit made on this branch by this -fast-import process. The `from` command is used to specify the commit -to initialize this branch from. This revision will be the first -ancestor of the new commit. - -Omitting the `from` command in the first commit of a new branch will -cause fast-import to create that commit with no ancestor. This tends to be -desired only for the initial commit of a project. Omitting the -`from` command on existing branches is required, as the current -commit on that branch is automatically assumed to be the first -ancestor of the new commit. +The `from` command is used to specify the commit to initialize +this branch from. This revision will be the first ancestor of the +new commit. + +Omitting the `from` command in the first commit of a new branch +will cause fast-import to create that commit with no ancestor. This +tends to be desired only for the initial commit of a project. +Omitting the `from` command on existing branches is usually desired, +as the current commit on that branch is automatically assumed to +be the first ancestor of the new commit. As `LF` is not valid in a Git refname or SHA-1 expression, no quoting or escaping syntax is supported within `<committish>`. |