From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avery Pennarun Subject: [PATCH] git-svn docs: mention svn.addAuthorFrom and svn.useLogAuthor config options. Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:02:41 -0400 Message-ID: <1214323361-13136-1-git-send-email-apenwarr@gmail.com> References: <20080624073707.GA6495@frsk.net> Cc: Avery Pennarun To: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jun 24 18:11:37 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KBB7G-0002KE-E9 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:11:34 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753359AbYFXQKi (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:10:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752432AbYFXQKi (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:10:38 -0400 Received: from static-216-18-85-234.gtcust.grouptelecom.net ([216.18.85.234]:40081 "EHLO mailhost.pwcorp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751153AbYFXQKh (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:10:37 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 933 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:10:37 EDT Received: from weaver.open.versabanq.com ([10.65.1.2]) by mailhost.pwcorp.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:02:48 -0400 Received: (qmail 32640 invoked from network); 24 Jun 2008 16:02:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO averyp-server.pwcorp.com) (10.65.1.129) by weaver.open.versabanq.com with SMTP; 24 Jun 2008 16:02:43 -0000 Received: by averyp-server.pwcorp.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 17EB68C882; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:02:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.6.56.g29b0d In-Reply-To: <20080624073707.GA6495@frsk.net> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Jun 2008 16:02:48.0685 (UTC) FILETIME=[BF92C9D0:01C8D613] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: At least one person got confused because they thought it was necessary to provide these on the command line every time. Signed-off-by: Avery Pennarun --- Documentation/git-svn.txt | 9 ++++++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 97bed54..e8200ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -64,13 +64,16 @@ COMMANDS --use-log-author;; When retrieving svn commits into git (as part of fetch, rebase, or dcommit operations), look for the first From: or Signed-off-by: line - in the log message and use that as the author string. + in the log message and use that as the author string. (To enable + this permanently, use git config svn.useLogAuthor) --add-author-from;; When committing to svn from git (as part of commit or dcommit operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a From: or Signed-off-by: line, append a From: line based on the - git commit's author string. If you use this, then --use-log-author - will retrieve a valid author string for all commits. + git commit's author string. If you use this, then if you enable + --use-log-author it will retrieve a valid author string for all + commits. (To enable this option permanently, use git config + svn.addAuthorFrom) --username=;; For transports that SVN handles authentication for (http, https, and plain svn), specify the username. For other -- 1.5.6.56.g29b0d