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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt index 605473174..b6793cf55 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt @@ -20,20 +20,23 @@ it will just import it as a regular commit. If it can find it, it will mark it as a merge whenever possible (see discussion below). The script expects you to provide the key roots where it can start the import -from an 'initial import' or 'tag' type of Arch commit. It will follow and import -new branches within the provided roots. +from an 'initial import' or 'tag' type of Arch commit. It will follow and +import new branches within the provided roots. It expects to be dealing with one project only. If it sees -branches that have different roots, it will refuse to run. In that case, edit your -<archive/branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the import. +branches that have different roots, it will refuse to run. In that case, +edit your <archive/branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the +import. -`git-archimport` uses `tla` extensively in the background to access the Arch repository. +`git-archimport` uses `tla` extensively in the background to access the +Arch repository. Make sure you have a recent version of `tla` available in the path. `tla` must know about the repositories you pass to `git-archimport`. For the initial import `git-archimport` expects to find itself in an empty directory. To follow the development of a project that uses Arch, rerun -`git-archimport` with the same parameters as the initial import to perform incremental imports. +`git-archimport` with the same parameters as the initial import to perform +incremental imports. MERGES ------ |