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[2a01:cb04:10c:4200:80e6:3777:dc2:ae3c]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c9sm2064636wrr.78.2021.04.08.21.05.43 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 08 Apr 2021 21:05:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Firmin Martin To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Firmin Martin Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 05/13] doc: typeset git-svn subcommands in monospace Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 06:02:53 +0200 Message-Id: <20210409040301.3260358-6-firminmartin24@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.31.1.133.g84d06cdc06 In-Reply-To: <20210409040301.3260358-1-firminmartin24@gmail.com> References: <20210409040301.3260358-1-firminmartin24@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Wrap git-svn subcommands with backticks as indicated in the CodingGuidelines. The following regex assisted the interactive substitution in emacs (evil mode). %s/\(^\|[[:space:]]+\)['"]?\(init\|fetch\|clone\|rebase\|dcommit\|branch\|tag\|log\|blame\|find-rev\|set-tree\|create-ignore\|show-ignore\|mkdirs\|commit-diff\|info\|proplist\|propget\|propset\|show-externals\|gc\|reset\)['"]?\([[:punct:]]\|[[:space:]]+\|$\)/\1`\2`\3/gc Signed-off-by: Firmin Martin --- Documentation/git-svn.txt | 176 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 3097f4f1c5..f42cf6b189 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ repository. `git svn` can track a standard Subversion repository, following the common "trunk/branches/tags" layout, with the `--stdlayout` option. It can also follow branches and tags in any layout with the `-T`/`-t`/`-b` options -(see options to 'init' below, and also the 'clone' command). +(see options to `init` below, and also the `clone` command). Once tracking a Subversion repository (with any of the above methods), the Git -repository can be updated from Subversion by the 'fetch' command and -Subversion updated from Git by the 'dcommit' command. +repository can be updated from Subversion by the `fetch` command and +Subversion updated from Git by the `dcommit` command. COMMANDS -------- -'init':: +`init`:: Initializes an empty Git repository with additional metadata directories for `git svn`. The Subversion URL may be specified as a command-line argument, or as full @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ COMMANDS --branches=;; -s;; --stdlayout;; - These are optional command-line options for init. Each of + These are optional command-line options for `init`. Each of these flags can point to a relative repository path (`--tags=project/tags`) or a full url (`--tags=https://foo.org/project/tags`). @@ -96,16 +96,16 @@ If you still want the old default, you can get it by passing your Perl's Getopt::Long is < v2.37). --ignore-refs=;; - When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will - be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description + When passed to `init` or `clone` this regular expression will + be preserved as a config key. See `fetch` for a description of `--ignore-refs`. --ignore-paths=;; - When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will - be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description + When passed to `init` or `clone` this regular expression will + be preserved as a config key. See `fetch` for a description of `--ignore-paths`. --include-paths=;; - When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will - be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description + When passed to `init` or `clone` this regular expression will + be preserved as a config key. See `fetch` for a description of `--include-paths`. --no-minimize-url;; When tracking multiple directories (using `--stdlayout`, @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ your Perl's Getopt::Long is < v2.37). level directory. This option is off by default when only one URL/branch is tracked (it would do little good). -'fetch':: +`fetch`:: Fetch unfetched revisions from the Subversion remote we are tracking. The name of the [svn-remote "..."] section in the $GIT_DIR/config file may be specified as an optional @@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ option is also given, both regular expressions will be used. --ignore-paths=;; This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN. - The `--ignore-paths` option should match for every 'fetch' - (including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit', - 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. + The `--ignore-paths` option should match for every `fetch` + (including automatic fetches due to `clone`, `dcommit`, + `rebase`, etc) on a given repository. + [verse] config key: `svn-remote..ignore-paths` @@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;; --include-paths=;; This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will cause the inclusion of only matching paths from checkout from SVN. - The `--include-paths` option should match for every 'fetch' - (including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit', - 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. `--ignore-paths` takes + The `--include-paths` option should match for every `fetch` + (including automatic fetches due to `clone`, `dcommit`, + `rebase`, etc) on a given repository. `--ignore-paths` takes precedence over `--include-paths`. + [verse] @@ -197,19 +197,19 @@ config key: `svn-remote..include-paths` --log-window-size=;; Fetch log entries per request when scanning Subversion history. The default is 100. For very large Subversion repositories, larger - values may be needed for 'clone'/'fetch' to complete in reasonable + values may be needed for `clone`/'fetch' to complete in reasonable time. But overly large values may lead to higher memory usage and request timeouts. -'clone':: - Runs 'init' and 'fetch'. It will automatically create a +`clone`:: + Runs `init` and `fetch`. It will automatically create a directory based on the basename of the URL passed to it; or if a second argument is passed; it will create a directory and work within that. It accepts all arguments that the - 'init' and 'fetch' commands accept; with the exception of + `init` and `fetch` commands accept; with the exception of `--fetch-all` and `--parent`. After a repository is cloned, - the 'fetch' command will be able to update revisions without - affecting the working tree; and the 'rebase' command will be + the `fetch` command will be able to update revisions without + affecting the working tree; and the `rebase` command will be able to update the working tree with the latest changes. --preserve-empty-dirs;; @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ config key: `svn-remote..include-paths` Set the name of placeholder files created by `--preserve-empty-dirs`. Default: ".gitignore" -'rebase':: +`rebase`:: This fetches revisions from the SVN parent of the current `HEAD` and rebases the current (uncommitted to SVN) work against it. + @@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ This automatically updates the rev_map if needed (see -l;; --local;; - Do not fetch remotely; only run `git rebase` against the + Do not `fetch` remotely; only run `git rebase` against the last fetched commit from the upstream SVN. -'dcommit':: +`dcommit`:: Commit each diff from the current branch directly to the SVN repository, and then rebase or reset (depending on whether or not there is a diff between SVN and head). This will create @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ When an optional Git branch name (or a Git commit object name) is specified as an argument, the subcommand works on the specified branch, not on the current branch. + -Use of 'dcommit' is preferred to 'set-tree' (below). +Use of `dcommit` is preferred to `set-tree` (below). + --no-rebase;; After committing, do not rebase or reset. @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ Using this option for any other purpose (don't ask) is very strongly discouraged. --mergeinfo=;; - Add the given merge information during the dcommit + Add the given merge information during the `dcommit` (e.g. `--mergeinfo="/branches/foo:1-10"`). All svn server versions can store this information (as a property), and svn clients starting from version 1.5 can make use of it. To specify merge information from multiple @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ first have already been pushed into SVN. `git svn dcommit` returns immediately if answer is "no" or "quit", without committing anything to SVN. -'branch':: +`branch`:: Create a branch in the SVN repository. -m;; @@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ committing anything to SVN. -d;; --destination=;; - If more than one `--branches` (or `--tags`) option was given to the 'init' - or 'clone' command, you must provide the location of the branch (or + If more than one `--branches` (or `--tags`) option was given to the `init` + or `clone` command, you must provide the location of the branch (or tag) you wish to create in the SVN repository. specifies which path to use to create the branch or tag and should match the pattern on the left-hand side of one of the configured branches or tags @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ committing anything to SVN. git config --get-all svn-remote..tags + where is the name of the SVN repository as specified by the `-R` option to -'init' (or "svn" by default). +`init` (or "svn" by default). --username;; Specify the SVN username to perform the commit as. This option overrides @@ -348,11 +348,11 @@ where is the name of the SVN repository as specified by the `-R` option t `--parents` on svn cp commands and is useful for non-standard repository layouts. -'tag':: +`tag`:: Create a tag in the SVN repository. This is a shorthand for 'branch -t'. -'log':: +`log`:: This should make it easy to look up svn log messages when svn users refer to `-r`/`--revision` numbers. + @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ environment). This command has the same behaviour. + Any other arguments are passed directly to `git log` -'blame':: +`blame`:: Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file. The output of this mode is format-compatible with the output of `svn blame' by default. Like the SVN blame command, @@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to `git log` not an exact match return the closest match searching forward in the history. -'set-tree':: - You should consider using 'dcommit' instead of this command. +`set-tree`:: + You should consider using `dcommit` instead of this command. Commit specified commit or tree objects to SVN. This relies on your imported fetch data being up to date. This makes absolutely no attempts to do patching when committing to SVN, it @@ -430,27 +430,27 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to `git log` commit. All merging is assumed to have taken place independently of `git svn` functions. -'create-ignore':: +`create-ignore`:: Recursively finds the svn:ignore property on directories and creates matching .gitignore files. The resulting files are staged to be committed, but are not committed. Use `-r`/`--revision` to refer to a specific revision. -'show-ignore':: +`show-ignore`:: Recursively finds and lists the svn:ignore property on directories. The output is suitable for appending to the $GIT_DIR/info/exclude file. -'mkdirs':: +`mkdirs`:: Attempts to recreate empty directories that core Git cannot track based on information in $GIT_DIR/svn//unhandled.log files. Empty directories are automatically recreated when using - `git svn clone` and `git svn rebase`, so "mkdirs" is intended + `git svn clone` and `git svn rebase`, so `mkdirs` is intended for use after commands like `git checkout` or `git reset`. (See the `svn-remote..automkdirs` config file option for more information.) -'commit-diff':: +`commit-diff`:: Commits the diff of two tree-ish arguments from the command-line. This command does not rely on being inside a `git svn init`-ed repository. This command takes three arguments, (a) the @@ -475,22 +475,22 @@ denotes such an object, or it is requested by invoking an editor (see Take the commit message from the given file. This option disables the `--edit` option. -'info':: +`info`:: Shows information about a file or directory similar to what `svn info' provides. Does not currently support a `-r`/`--revision` argument. Use the `--url` option to output only the value of the 'URL:' field. -'proplist':: +`proplist`:: Lists the properties stored in the Subversion repository about a given file or directory. Use `-r`/`--revision` to refer to a specific Subversion revision. -'propget':: +`propget`:: Gets the Subversion property given as the first argument, for a file. A specific revision can be specified with `-r`/`--revision`. -'propset':: +`propset`:: Sets the Subversion property given as the first argument, to the value given as the second argument for the file given as the third argument. @@ -504,28 +504,28 @@ git svn propset svn:keywords "FreeBSD=%H" devel/py-tipper/Makefile This will set the property 'svn:keywords' to 'FreeBSD=%H' for the file 'devel/py-tipper/Makefile'. -'show-externals':: +`show-externals`:: Shows the Subversion externals. Use `-r`/`--revision` to specify a specific revision. -'gc':: +`gc`:: Compress $GIT_DIR/svn//unhandled.log files and remove $GIT_DIR/svn//index files. -'reset':: - Undoes the effects of 'fetch' back to the specified revision. +`reset`:: + Undoes the effects of `fetch` back to the specified revision. This allows you to re-'fetch' an SVN revision. Normally the - contents of an SVN revision should never change and 'reset' + contents of an SVN revision should never change and `reset` should not be necessary. However, if SVN permissions change, - or if you alter your `--ignore-paths` option, a 'fetch' may fail + or if you alter your `--ignore-paths` option, a `fetch` may fail with "not found in commit" (file not previously visible) or "checksum mismatch" (missed a modification). If the problem file cannot be ignored forever (with `--ignore-paths`) the only - way to repair the repo is to use 'reset'. + way to repair the repo is to use `reset`. + Only the rev_map and refs/remotes/git-svn are changed (see '$GIT_DIR/svn/\**/.rev_map.*' in the FILES section below for details). -Follow 'reset' with a 'fetch' and then `git reset` or `git rebase` to +Follow 'reset' with a `fetch` and then `git reset` or `git rebase` to move local branches onto the new tree. -r ;; @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ git svn fetch + Then fixup `master` with `git rebase`. Do NOT use `git merge` or your history will not be compatible with a -future 'dcommit'! +future `dcommit`! + [verse] git rebase --onto remotes/git-svn A^ master @@ -576,31 +576,31 @@ OPTIONS --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody)]:: --template=:: - Only used with the 'init' command. + Only used with the `init` command. These are passed directly to `git init`. -r :: --revision :: - Used with the 'fetch' command. + Used with the `fetch` command. + This allows revision ranges for partial/cauterized history to be supported. $NUMBER, $NUMBER1:$NUMBER2 (numeric ranges), $NUMBER:HEAD, and BASE:$NUMBER are all supported. + -This can allow you to make partial mirrors when running fetch; +This can allow you to make partial mirrors when running `fetch`; but is generally not recommended because history will be skipped and lost. -:: --stdin:: - Only used with the 'set-tree' command. + Only used with the `set-tree` command. + Read a list of commits from stdin and commit them in reverse order. Only the leading sha1 is read from each line, so `git rev-list --pretty=oneline` output can be used. --rmdir:: - Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands. + Only used with the `dcommit`, `set-tree` and `commit-diff` commands. + Remove directories from the SVN tree if there are no files left behind. SVN can version empty directories, and they are not @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ config key: `svn.rmdir` -e:: --edit:: - Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands. + Only used with the `dcommit`, `set-tree` and `commit-diff` commands. + Edit the commit message before committing to SVN. This is off by default for objects that are commits, and forced on when committing @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ config key: `svn.edit` -l:: --find-copies-harder:: - Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands. + Only used with the `dcommit`, `set-tree` and `commit-diff` commands. + They are both passed directly to `git diff-tree`; see linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] for more information. @@ -660,8 +660,8 @@ config key: `svn.authorsfile` file. + Due to historical reasons a relative 'filename' is first searched -relative to the current directory for 'init' and 'clone' and relative -to the root of the working tree for 'fetch'. If 'filename' is +relative to the current directory for `init` and `clone` and relative +to the root of the working tree for `fetch`. If 'filename' is not found, it is searched like any other command in '$PATH'. + [verse] @@ -679,36 +679,36 @@ config key: `svn.authorsProg` -p:: --rebase-merges:: --preserve-merges (DEPRECATED):: - These are only used with the 'dcommit' and 'rebase' commands. + These are only used with the `dcommit` and `rebase` commands. + -Passed directly to `git rebase` when using 'dcommit' if a -`git reset` cannot be used (see 'dcommit'). +Passed directly to `git rebase` when using `dcommit` if a +`git reset` cannot be used (see `dcommit`). -n:: --dry-run:: - This can be used with the 'dcommit', 'rebase', 'branch' and - 'tag' commands. + This can be used with the `dcommit`, `rebase`, `branch` and + `tag` commands. + -For 'dcommit', print out the series of Git arguments that would show +For `dcommit`, print out the series of Git arguments that would show which diffs would be committed to SVN. + -For 'rebase', display the local branch associated with the upstream svn +For `rebase`, display the local branch associated with the upstream svn repository associated with the current branch and the URL of svn repository that will be fetched from. + -For 'branch' and 'tag', display the urls that will be used for copying when +For `branch` and `tag`, display the urls that will be used for copying when creating the branch or tag. --use-log-author:: - When retrieving svn commits into Git (as part of 'fetch', 'rebase', or - 'dcommit' operations), look for the first `From:` line or `Signed-off-by` trailer + When retrieving svn commits into Git (as part of `fetch`, `rebase`, or + `dcommit` operations), look for the first `From:` line or `Signed-off-by` trailer in the log message and use that as the author string. + [verse] config key: `svn.useLogAuthor` --add-author-from:: - When committing to svn from Git (as part of 'set-tree' or 'dcommit' + When committing to svn from Git (as part of `set-tree` or `dcommit` operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a `From:` or `Signed-off-by` trailer, append a `From:` line based on the Git commit's author string. If you use this, then `--use-log-author` @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ ADVANCED OPTIONS --id :: This sets GIT_SVN_ID (instead of using the environment). This allows the user to override the default refname to fetch from - when tracking a single URL. The 'log' and 'dcommit' commands + when tracking a single URL. The `log` and `dcommit` commands no longer require this switch as an argument. -R:: @@ -999,16 +999,16 @@ CAVEATS ------- For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with Subversion, -it is recommended that all `git svn` users clone, fetch and dcommit +it is recommended that all `git svn` users `clone`, `fetch` and `dcommit` directly from the SVN server, and avoid all `git clone`/`pull`/`merge`/`push` operations between Git repositories and branches. The recommended method of exchanging code between Git branches and users is -`git format-patch` and `git am`, or just 'dcommit'ing to the SVN repository. +`git format-patch` and `git am`, or just `dcommit`ing to the SVN repository. Running `git merge` or `git pull` is NOT recommended on a branch you -plan to 'dcommit' from because Subversion users cannot see any +plan to `dcommit` from because Subversion users cannot see any merges you've made. Furthermore, if you merge or pull from a Git branch -that is a mirror of an SVN branch, 'dcommit' may commit to the wrong +that is a mirror of an SVN branch, `dcommit` may commit to the wrong branch. If you do merge, note the following rule: `git svn dcommit` will @@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ attempt to commit on top of the SVN commit named in git log --grep=^git-svn-id: --first-parent -1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You 'must' therefore ensure that the most recent commit of the branch -you want to dcommit to is the 'first' parent of the merge. Chaos will +you want to `dcommit` to is the 'first' parent of the merge. Chaos will ensue otherwise, especially if the first parent is an older commit on the same SVN branch. @@ -1026,15 +1026,15 @@ any `git svn` metadata, or config. So repositories created and managed with using `git svn` should use 'rsync' for cloning, if cloning is to be done at all. -Since 'dcommit' uses rebase internally, any Git branches you `git push` to -before 'dcommit' on will require forcing an overwrite of the existing ref +Since `dcommit` uses rebase internally, any Git branches you `git push` to +before `dcommit` on will require forcing an overwrite of the existing ref on the remote repository. This is generally considered bad practice, see the linkgit:git-push[1] documentation for details. Do not use the `--amend` option of linkgit:git-commit[1] on a change you've already dcommitted. It is considered bad practice to `--amend` commits you've already pushed to a remote repository for other users, and -dcommit with SVN is analogous to that. +`dcommit` with SVN is analogous to that. When cloning an SVN repository, if none of the options for describing the repository layout is used (`--trunk`, `--tags`, `--branches`, @@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ branches and tags is required, the options `--trunk` / `--branches` / When using multiple `--branches` or `--tags`, `git svn` does not automatically handle name collisions (for example, if two branches from different paths have the same name, or if a branch and a tag have the same name). In these cases, -use 'init' to set up your Git repository then, before your first 'fetch', edit +use `init` to set up your Git repository then, before your first `fetch`, edit the $GIT_DIR/config file so that the branches and tags are associated with different name spaces. For example: @@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ CONFIGURATION `git svn` stores [svn-remote] configuration information in the repository $GIT_DIR/config file. It is similar the core Git -[remote] sections except 'fetch' keys do not accept glob +[remote] sections except `fetch` keys do not accept glob arguments; but they are instead handled by the 'branches' and 'tags' keys. Since some SVN repositories are oddly configured with multiple projects glob expansions such those @@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ Keep in mind that the `*` (asterisk) wildcard of the local ref (right of the `:`) *must* be the farthest right path component; however the remote wildcard may be anywhere as long as it's an independent path component (surrounded by `/` or EOL). This -type of configuration is not automatically created by 'init' and +type of configuration is not automatically created by `init` and should be manually entered with a text-editor or using `git config`. Also note that only one asterisk is allowed per word. For example: