vcs-svn: set up channel to read fast-import cat-blob response

diff --git a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt
index 35f84bd9e7577b58bc9905c8b46806bfb37963ff..85f7b8302835c741c6963611b6483223aa573410 100644 (file)
--- a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt
+++ b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ svn-fe - convert an SVN "dumpfile" to a fast-import stream
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-svnadmin dump --incremental REPO | svn-fe [url] | git fast-import
+[verse]
+mkfifo backchannel &&
+svnadmin dump --incremental REPO |
+       svn-fe [url] 3<backchannel |
+       git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=3 3>backchannel
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -18,6 +22,9 @@ Subversion repository mirrored on the local disk. Remote Subversion
 repositories can be mirrored on local disk using the `svnsync`
 command.
 
+Note: this tool is very young.  The details of its commandline
+interface may change in backward incompatible ways.
+
 INPUT FORMAT
 ------------
 Subversion's repository dump format is documented in full in