Merge branch 'master' of git://repo.or.cz/git/fastimport

* 'master' of git://repo.or.cz/git/fastimport:
  bash: Hide git-fast-import.
  fast-import: Add tip about importing renames.
  fast-import: Hide the pack boundary commits by default.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 2a5052072a..939ec4652b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	Frontends can use this file to validate imports after they
 	have been completed.
 
+--export-pack-edges=<file>::
+	After creating a packfile, print a line of data to
+	<file> listing the filename of the packfile and the last
+	commit on each branch that was written to that packfile.
+	This information may be useful after importing projects
+	whose total object set exceeds the 4 GiB packfile limit,
+	as these commits can be used as edge points during calls
+	to gitlink:git-pack-objects[1].
+
 --quiet::
 	Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it
 	is successful.	This option disables the output shown by
@@ -706,6 +715,13 @@ The branch LRU builtin to fast-import tends to behave very well, and the
 cost of activating an inactive branch is so low that bouncing around
 between branches has virtually no impact on import performance.
 
+Handling Renames
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+When importing a renamed file or directory, simply delete the old
+name(s) and modify the new name(s) during the corresponding commit.
+Git performs rename detection after-the-fact, rather than explicitly
+during a commit.
+
 Use Tag Fixup Branches
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Some other SCM systems let the user create a tag from multiple