diff options
author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-20 20:28:49 -0800 |
---|---|---|
committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-20 20:28:49 -0800 |
commit | add0951ab0bee43b5f634d1be68a7a80f627c18f (patch) | |
tree | 084fe451a6b0c7d68d8d16c4ea9f64c38d9e01b0 /Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | |
parent | 5fc9df08b564aa9d11265ad591f9ef104695ce2b (diff) | |
parent | 0b444cdb19bcfcc7f59b7b00783cbfbbc5ddcf63 (diff) | |
download | git-add0951ab0bee43b5f634d1be68a7a80f627c18f.tar.gz git-add0951ab0bee43b5f634d1be68a7a80f627c18f.tar.xz |
Merge remote branch 'remotes/trast-doc/for-next'
* remotes/trast-doc/for-next:
Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout
Documentation: format full commands in typewriter font
Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees
Documentation/git-merge: reword references to "remote" and "pull"
Conflicts:
Documentation/config.txt
Documentation/git-config.txt
Documentation/git-merge.txt
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-fast-import.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index ae87f0922..ff4022c15 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION This program is usually not what the end user wants to run directly. Most end users want to use one of the existing frontend programs, which parses a specific type of foreign source and feeds the contents -stored there to 'git-fast-import'. +stored there to 'git fast-import'. fast-import reads a mixed command/data stream from standard input and writes one or more packfiles directly into the current repository. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ updated branch and tag refs, fully updating the current repository with the newly imported data. The fast-import backend itself can import into an empty repository (one that -has already been initialized by 'git-init') or incrementally +has already been initialized by 'git init') or incrementally update an existing populated repository. Whether or not incremental imports are supported from a particular foreign source depends on the frontend program in use. @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ OPTIONS This information may be useful after importing projects whose total object set exceeds the 4 GiB packfile limit, as these commits can be used as edge points during calls - to 'git-pack-objects'. + to 'git pack-objects'. --quiet:: Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it @@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ an ideal situation, given that most conversion tools are throw-away Parallel Operation ------------------ -Like 'git-push' or 'git-fetch', imports handled by fast-import are safe to +Like 'git push' or 'git fetch', imports handled by fast-import are safe to run alongside parallel `git repack -a -d` or `git gc` invocations, -or any other Git operation (including 'git-prune', as loose objects +or any other Git operation (including 'git prune', as loose objects are never used by fast-import). fast-import does not lock the branch or tag refs it is actively importing. @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ variation in formatting will cause fast-import to reject the value. + An example value is ``Tue Feb 6 11:22:18 2007 -0500''. The Git parser is accurate, but a little on the lenient side. It is the -same parser used by 'git-am' when applying patches +same parser used by 'git am' when applying patches received from email. + Some malformed strings may be accepted as valid dates. In some of @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ timezone. This particular format is supplied as its short to implement and may be useful to a process that wants to create a new commit right now, without needing to use a working directory or -'git-update-index'. +'git update-index'. + If separate `author` and `committer` commands are used in a `commit` the timestamps may not match, as the system clock will be polled @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ recommended, as the frontend does not (easily) have access to the complete set of bytes which normally goes into such a signature. If signing is required, create lightweight tags from within fast-import with `reset`, then create the annotated versions of those tags offline -with the standard 'git-tag' process. +with the standard 'git tag' process. `reset` ~~~~~~~ @@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ is not `refs/heads/TAG_FIXUP`). When committing fixups, consider using `merge` to connect the commit(s) which are supplying file revisions to the fixup branch. -Doing so will allow tools such as 'git-blame' to track +Doing so will allow tools such as 'git blame' to track through the real commit history and properly annotate the source files. @@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ Repacking Historical Data ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are repacking very old imported data (e.g. older than the last year), consider expending some extra CPU time and supplying -\--window=50 (or higher) when you run 'git-repack'. +\--window=50 (or higher) when you run 'git repack'. This will take longer, but will also produce a smaller packfile. You only need to expend the effort once, and everyone using your project will benefit from the smaller repository. |