From a5c500b76cfdc3da0f8cb36dadb5f4ba7ecff401 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "martin@catalyst.net.nz" Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:26:05 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] archimport documentation tidyup New "merges" headline, clarified some parts that were not easy to understand. Signed-off-by: Martin Langhoff Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-archimport.txt | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt index b1348351ef..fa0779b39e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-archimport(1) NAME ---- -git-archimport - Import an arch repository into git +git-archimport - Import an Arch repository into GIT SYNOPSIS @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ DESCRIPTION Imports a project from one or more Arch repositories. It will follow branches and repositories within the namespaces defined by the parameters suppplied. If it cannot find the remote branch a merge comes from -it will just import it as a regular merge. If it can find it, it will perform -a merge whenever possible. +it will just import it as a regular commit. If it can find it, it will mark it +as a merge whenever possible (see discussion below). The script expects you to provide the key roots where it can start the import from an 'initial import' or 'tag' type of Arch commit. It will follow and import @@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ know about the repositories you pass to `git-archimport`. For the initial import `git-archimport` expects to find itself in an empty directory. To follow the development of a project that uses Arch, rerun `git-archimport` with the same parameters as the initial import to perform incremental imports. -of a project using Arch. +MERGES +------ Patch merge data from Arch is used to mark merges in GIT as well. GIT does not care much about tracking patches, and only considers a merge when a branch incorporates all the commits since the point they forked. The end result