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diff --git a/third_party/git/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt b/third_party/git/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..19333fc8dff3 --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/git/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +svn-fe(1) +========= + +NAME +---- +svn-fe - convert an SVN "dumpfile" to a fast-import stream + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +mkfifo backchannel && +svnadmin dump --deltas REPO | + svn-fe [url] 3<backchannel | + git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=3 3>backchannel + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Converts a Subversion dumpfile into input suitable for +git-fast-import(1) and similar importers. REPO is a path to a +Subversion repository mirrored on the local disk. Remote Subversion +repositories can be mirrored on local disk using the `svnsync` +command. + +Note: this tool is very young. The details of its commandline +interface may change in backward incompatible ways. + +INPUT FORMAT +------------ +Subversion's repository dump format is documented in full in +`notes/dump-load-format.txt` from the Subversion source tree. +Files in this format can be generated using the 'svnadmin dump' or +'svk admin dump' command. + +OUTPUT FORMAT +------------- +The fast-import format is documented by the git-fast-import(1) +manual page. + +NOTES +----- +Subversion dumps do not record a separate author and committer for +each revision, nor do they record a separate display name and email +address for each author. Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name + +--------- +user <user@UUID> +--------- + +as committer, where 'user' is the value of the `svn:author` property +and 'UUID' the repository's identifier. + +To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' puts a `git-svn-id` line at +the end of each commit log message if passed a URL on the command +line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`. + +The resulting repository will generally require further processing +to put each project in its own repository and to separate the history +of each branch. The 'git filter-repo --subdirectory-filter' command +may be useful for this purpose. + +BUGS +---- +Empty directories and unknown properties are silently discarded. + +The exit status does not reflect whether an error was detected. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +git-svn(1), svn2git(1), svk(1), git-filter-repo(1), git-fast-import(1), +https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/dump-load-format.txt |