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From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
To: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Cc: Vaclav Hanzl <hanzl@noel.feld.cvut.cz>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: PATCH] cvsimport: Clarification on the use of -r
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:05:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200806151505.28987.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3od63ozuf.fsf@localhost.localdomain>


Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
---
 Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt |   10 +++++++---
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index 2f9b35f..b873882 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ You should *never* do any work of your own on the branches that are
 created by git-cvsimport.  By default initial import will create and populate a
 "master" branch from the CVS repository's main branch which you're free
 to work with; after that, you need to 'git merge' incremental imports, or
-any CVS branches, yourself.  It is advisable to specify a named remote via
--r to separate and protect the incoming branches.
+any CVS branches, yourself.
+
+It is advisable to specify a named remote via -r to separate and protect
+the incoming branches if you intend to do your work in the same repository. If
+you want to have a cvs import-only repostory which you clone to your work
+repository, then do not use the -r option.
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -r <remote>::
 	The git remote to import this CVS repository into.
 	Moves all CVS branches into remotes/<remote>/<branch>
-	akin to the git-clone --use-separate-remote option.
+	akin what git clone does when cloning a repository.
 
 -o <branch-for-HEAD>::
 	When no remote is specified (via -r) the 'HEAD' branch
-- 
1.5.5.1.178.g1f811

      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-06-15 13:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-14 13:05 Document clone of clone loosing branches? Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 14:31 ` Jeff King
2008-06-14 20:15   ` Document clone of clone ... bug?? Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 20:34     ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-14 20:48       ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 14:31 ` Document clone of clone loosing branches? Jakub Narebski
2008-06-14 14:44 ` Lea Wiemann
2008-06-14 21:36   ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 22:18     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-15  7:18       ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-14 23:03     ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-15  8:40 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-15 13:05   ` [PATCH] Documentation: Note about the meaning of "clone" Robin Rosenberg
2008-06-15 13:39     ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-15 13:52     ` Wincent Colaiuta
2008-06-15 16:31       ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-15 17:03     ` Vaclav Hanzl
2008-06-15 19:12     ` Miklos Vajna
2008-06-15 20:14     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-15 13:05   ` Robin Rosenberg [this message]

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