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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2011-11-27 03:01:17 +0100
committerJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2011-11-27 03:01:17 +0100
commit137b694b2d3cce9d73e006be1842fd6e3aa470ee (patch)
treef1e7580617215f46714788f1cef1b6b0f398593c /cmds.py
parent7186c973f844be36efcfa887191593e25def5080 (diff)
downloadbzr-fastimport-137b694b2d3cce9d73e006be1842fd6e3aa470ee.tar.gz
Fix test, clarify help description for 'bzr fast-export'.
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@@ -564,9 +564,9 @@ class cmd_fast_export(Command):
:Round-tripping:
Recent versions of the fast-import specification support features
- that allow effective round-tripping of many Bazaar branches. As
- such, fast-exporting a branch and fast-importing the data produced
- will create a new repository with equivalent history, i.e.
+ that allow effective round-tripping most of the metadata in Bazaar
+ branches. As such, fast-exporting a branch and fast-importing the data
+ produced will create a new repository with roughly equivalent history, i.e.
"bzr log -v -p --include-merges --forward" on the old branch and
new branch should produce similar, if not identical, results.
@@ -608,13 +608,11 @@ class cmd_fast_export(Command):
:History truncation:
- When code has been significantly refactored over time (e.g., to separate
- proprietary code from open source code), it is sometimes convenient to
- simply truncate the revision history at a certain point. The --baseline
- option, to be used in conjunction with -r, emits a baseline commit
- containing the state of the entire source tree at the first requested
- revision. This allows a user to produce a tree identical to the original
- without munging multiple exports.
+ It is sometimes convenient to simply truncate the revision history at a
+ certain point. The --baseline option, to be used in conjunction with -r,
+ emits a baseline commit containing the state of the entire source tree at
+ the first requested revision. This allows a user to produce a tree
+ identical to the original without munging multiple exports.
:Examples: