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git-archimport(1) |
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NAME |
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git-archimport - Import an Arch repository into GIT |
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SYNOPSIS |
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`git-archimport` [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -T ] [ -t tempdir ] |
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<archive/branch> [ <archive/branch> ] |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Imports a project from one or more Arch repositories. It will follow branches |
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and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive/branch> |
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parameters suppplied. If it cannot find the remote branch a merge comes from |
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it will just import it as a regular commit. If it can find it, it will mark it |
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as a merge whenever possible (see discussion below). |
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The script expects you to provide the key roots where it can start the import |
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from an 'initial import' or 'tag' type of Arch commit. It will follow and import |
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new branches within the provided roots. |
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It expects to be dealing with one project only. If it sees |
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branches that have different roots, it will refuse to run. In that case, edit your |
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<archive/branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the import. |
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`git-archimport` uses `tla` extensively in the background to access the Arch repository. |
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Make sure you have a recent version of `tla` available in the path. `tla` must |
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know about the repositories you pass to `git-archimport`. |
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For the initial import `git-archimport` expects to find itself in an empty |
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directory. To follow the development of a project that uses Arch, rerun |
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`git-archimport` with the same parameters as the initial import to perform incremental imports. |
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MERGES |
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Patch merge data from Arch is used to mark merges in GIT as well. GIT |
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does not care much about tracking patches, and only considers a merge when a |
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branch incorporates all the commits since the point they forked. The end result |
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is that GIT will have a good idea of how far branches have diverged. So the |
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import process does lose some patch-trading metadata. |
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Fortunately, when you try and merge branches imported from Arch, |
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GIT will find a good merge base, and it has a good chance of identifying |
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patches that have been traded out-of-sequence between the branches. |
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OPTIONS |
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-h:: |
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Display usage. |
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-v:: |
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Verbose output. |
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-T:: |
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Many tags. Will create a tag for every commit, reflecting the commit |
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name in the Arch repository. |
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-t <tmpdir>:: |
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Override the default tempdir. |
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<archive/branch>:: |
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Archive/branch identifier in a format that `tla log` understands. |
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Author |
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Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>. |
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Documentation |
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano, Martin Langhoff and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
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GIT |
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Part of the link:git.html[git] suite |
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