@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ COMMANDS
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ COMMANDS
as well, they take precedence.
--no-metadata;;
Set the 'noMetadata' option in the [svn-remote] config.
This option is not recommended, please read the 'svn.noMetadata'
section of this manpage before using this option.
--use-svm-props;;
Set the 'useSvmProps' option in the [svn-remote] config.
--use-svnsync-props;;
@ -597,13 +599,22 @@ svn.noMetadata::
@@ -597,13 +599,22 @@ svn.noMetadata::
svn-remote.<name>.noMetadata::
This gets rid of the 'git-svn-id:' lines at the end of every commit.
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If you lose your .git/svn/git-svn/.rev_db file, 'git svn' will not
be able to rebuild it and you won't be able to fetch again,
either. This is fine for one-shot imports.
This option can only be used for one-shot imports as 'git svn'
will not be able to fetch again without metadata. Additionally,
if you lose your .git/svn/**/.rev_map.* files, 'git svn' will not
be able to rebuild them.
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The 'git svn log' command will not work on repositories using
this, either. Using this conflicts with the 'useSvmProps'
option for (hopefully) obvious reasons.
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This option is NOT recommended as it makes it difficult to track down
old references to SVN revision numbers in existing documentation, bug
reports and archives. If you plan to eventually migrate from SVN to git
and are certain about dropping SVN history, consider
linkgit:git-filter-branch[1] instead. filter-branch also allows
reformating of metadata for ease-of-reading and rewriting authorship
info for non-"svn.authorsFile" users.
svn.useSvmProps::
svn-remote.<name>.useSvmProps::