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authorSimon Hausmann <shausman@trolltech.com>2007-05-25 10:36:10 +0200
committerSimon Hausmann <shausman@trolltech.com>2007-05-25 10:36:10 +0200
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Make --with-origin the default for syncing.
Signed-off-by: Simon Hausmann <shausman@trolltech.com>
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diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
index aa9f31e5f..c315158d8 100644
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
@@ -70,18 +70,10 @@ repository can be used to clone the working repository from and one would
import from Perforce directly after cloning using git-p4. If the connection to
the Perforce server is slow and the working repository hasn't been synced for a
while it may be desirable to fetch changes from the origin git repository using
-the efficient git protocol. git-p4 supports this through
+the efficient git protocol. git-p4 supports this setup by calling "git fetch origin"
+by default if there is an origin branch. You can disable this using
- git-p4 sync --with-origin
-
-or
-
- git-p4 rebase --with-origin
-
-In that case "git fetch origin" is called and if it turns out that the origin
-branch is newer than the git "p4" import branch then the latter is updated from
-the former and the direct import from Perforce is resumed, which will result in
-fewer changes to be imported using the slower perforce connection.
+ git config git-p4.syncFromOrigin false
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