From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: [PATCH] Document the --done option.
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:57:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120822105705.GA30472@thyrsus.com> (raw)
---
Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 2620d28..9291ea0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ OPTIONS
See ``Date Formats'' below for details about which formats
are supported, and their syntax.
+-- done::
+ Terminate with error if there is no 'done' command at the
+ end of the stream.
+
--force::
Force updating modified existing branches, even if doing
so would cause commits to be lost (as the new commit does
@@ -1047,7 +1051,9 @@ done::
Error out if the stream ends without a 'done' command.
Without this feature, errors causing the frontend to end
abruptly at a convenient point in the stream can go
- undetected.
+ undetected. This may occur, for example, if an import
+ front end dies in mid-operation without emitting SIGTERM
+ or SIGKILL at its subordinate git fast-import instance.
`option`
~~~~~~~~
--
1.7.9.5
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
next reply other threads:[~2012-08-22 11:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-22 10:57 Eric S. Raymond [this message]
2012-08-22 17:38 ` [PATCH] Document the --done option Junio C Hamano
2012-08-22 17:47 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2012-08-24 23:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-12 9:11 ` Junio C Hamano
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