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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt index 8374d9047..6a0821a37 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ OPTIONS -d <CVSROOT>:: The root of the CVS archive. May be local (a simple path) or remote; currently, only the :local:, :ext: and :pserver: access methods - are supported. + are supported. If not given, git-cvsimport will try to read it + from `CVS/Root`. If no such file exists, it checks for the + `CVSROOT` environment variable. -C <target-dir>:: The git repository to import to. If the directory doesn't @@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma. <CVS_module>:: The CVS module you want to import. Relative to <CVSROOT>. + If not given, git-cvsimport tries to read it from + `CVS/Repository`. -h:: Print a short usage message and exit. @@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ git-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly all along. + -For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/cvs-authors +For convenience, this data is saved to `$GIT_DIR/cvs-authors` each time the -A option is provided and read from that same file each time git-cvsimport is run. + |