---
Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 94 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 68bca1a..d006bcf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -33,24 +33,9 @@ the frontend program in use.
OPTIONS
-------
---date-format=<fmt>::
- Specify the type of dates the frontend will supply to
- fast-import within `author`, `committer` and `tagger` commands.
- See ``Date Formats'' below for details about which formats
- are supported, and their syntax.
-
--- done::
- Terminate with error if there is no 'done' command at the
- end of the stream.
-
---force::
- Force updating modified existing branches, even if doing
- so would cause commits to be lost (as the new commit does
- not contain the old commit).
-
---max-pack-size=<n>::
- Maximum size of each output packfile.
- The default is unlimited.
+--active-branches=<n>::
+ Maximum number of branches to maintain active at once.
+ See ``Memory Utilization'' below for details. Default is 5.
--big-file-threshold=<n>::
Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to
@@ -58,13 +43,27 @@ OPTIONS
(512 MiB). Some importers may wish to lower this on systems
with constrained memory.
+--cat-blob-fd=<fd>::
+ Write responses to `cat-blob` and `ls` queries to the
+ file descriptor <fd> instead of `stdout`. Allows `progress`
+ output intended for the end-user to be separated from other
+ output.
+
+--date-format=<fmt>::
+ Specify the type of dates the frontend will supply to
+ fast-import within `author`, `committer` and `tagger` commands.
+ See ``Date Formats'' below for details about which formats
+ are supported, and their syntax.
+
--depth=<n>::
Maximum delta depth, for blob and tree deltification.
Default is 10.
---active-branches=<n>::
- Maximum number of branches to maintain active at once.
- See ``Memory Utilization'' below for details. Default is 5.
+--done::
+ Terminate with error if there is no 'done' command at the end
+ of the stream. This option might be useful for detecting
+ errors that cause the frontend to terminate before it has
+ started to write a stream.
--export-marks=<file>::
Dumps the internal marks table to <file> when complete.
@@ -75,6 +74,20 @@ OPTIONS
at checkpoint (or completion) the same path can also be
safely given to \--import-marks.
+--export-pack-edges=<file>::
+ After creating a packfile, print a line of data to
+ <file> listing the filename of the packfile and the last
+ commit on each branch that was written to that packfile.
+ This information may be useful after importing projects
+ whose total object set exceeds the 4 GiB packfile limit,
+ as these commits can be used as edge points during calls
+ to 'git pack-objects'.
+
+--force::
+ Force updating modified existing branches, even if doing
+ so would cause commits to be lost (as the new commit does
+ not contain the old commit).
+
--import-marks=<file>::
Before processing any input, load the marks specified in
<file>. The input file must exist, must be readable, and
@@ -87,13 +100,9 @@ OPTIONS
Like --import-marks but instead of erroring out, silently
skips the file if it does not exist.
---relative-marks::
- After specifying --relative-marks the paths specified
- with --import-marks= and --export-marks= are relative
- to an internal directory in the current repository.
- In git-fast-import this means that the paths are relative
- to the .git/info/fast-import directory. However, other
- importers may use a different location.
+--max-pack-size=<n>::
+ Maximum size of each output packfile.
+ The default is unlimited.
--no-relative-marks::
Negates a previous --relative-marks. Allows for combining
@@ -101,32 +110,19 @@ OPTIONS
--(no-)-relative-marks with the --(import|export)-marks=
options.
---cat-blob-fd=<fd>::
- Write responses to `cat-blob` and `ls` queries to the
- file descriptor <fd> instead of `stdout`. Allows `progress`
- output intended for the end-user to be separated from other
- output.
-
---done::
- Require a `done` command at the end of the stream.
- This option might be useful for detecting errors that
- cause the frontend to terminate before it has started to
- write a stream.
-
---export-pack-edges=<file>::
- After creating a packfile, print a line of data to
- <file> listing the filename of the packfile and the last
- commit on each branch that was written to that packfile.
- This information may be useful after importing projects
- whose total object set exceeds the 4 GiB packfile limit,
- as these commits can be used as edge points during calls
- to 'git pack-objects'.
-
--quiet::
Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it
is successful. This option disables the output shown by
\--stats.
+--relative-marks::
+ After specifying --relative-marks the paths specified
+ with --import-marks= and --export-marks= are relative
+ to an internal directory in the current repository.
+ In git-fast-import this means that the paths are relative
+ to the .git/info/fast-import directory. However, other
+ importers may use a different location.
+
--stats::
Display some basic statistics about the objects fast-import has
created, the packfiles they were stored into, and the
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