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authorKarl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>2006-02-26 06:11:29 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-02-26 21:34:42 -0800
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svnimport: Convert the svn:ignore property
Put the value of the svn:ignore property in a regular file when converting a Subversion repository to GIT. The Subversion and GIT ignore syntaxes are similar enough that it often just works to set the filename to .gitignore and do nothing else. Signed-off-by: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[ -C <GIT_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -u ] [-l limit_rev]
[ -b branch_subdir ] [ -T trunk_subdir ] [ -t tag_subdir ]
[ -s start_chg ] [ -m ] [ -r ] [ -M regex ]
- <SVN_repository_URL> [ <path> ]
+ [ -I <ignorefile_name> ] <SVN_repository_URL> [ <path> ]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ When importing incrementally, you might need to edit the .git/svn2git file.
Prepend 'rX: ' to commit messages, where X is the imported
subversion revision.
+-I <ignorefile_name>::
+ Import the svn:ignore directory property to files with this
+ name in each directory. (The Subversion and GIT ignore
+ syntaxes are similar enough that using the Subversion patterns
+ directly with "-I .gitignore" will almost always just work.)
+
-m::
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option
will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source