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diff --git a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt index 4102deb381..7306048bff 100644 --- a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt +++ b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ For importing svn, git-svnimport is potentially more powerful when operating on repositories organized under the recommended trunk/branch/tags structure, and should be faster, too. -git-svn completely ignores the very limited view of branching that +git-svn mostly ignores the very limited view of branching that Subversion has. This allows git-svn to be much easier to use, especially on repositories that are not organized in a manner that git-svnimport is designed for. @@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ OPTIONS They are both passed directly to git-diff-tree see git-diff-tree(1) for more information. +-b<refname>:: +--branch <refname>:: + Used with 'fetch' or 'commit'. + + This can be used to join arbitrary git branches to remotes/git-svn + on new commits where the tree object is equivalent. + + When used with different GIT_SVN_ID values, tags and branches in + SVN can be tracked this way, as can some merges where the heads + end up having completely equivalent content. This can even be + used to track branches across multiple SVN _repositories_. + + This option may be specified multiple times, once for each + branch. + COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS --------------------- --no-ignore-externals:: |