Teach Git how to parse standard power of 2 suffixes.

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index 91def2b5150d827e729d69f37b2c0087d08075f0..092d0d6730294a5ce701522575bc1f8d91755a1d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a commit to a CVS checkout
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-git-cvsexportcommmit.perl 
-                        [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -c ] [ -p ] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID 
+'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-v] [-c] [-p] [-a] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ Exports a commit from GIT to a CVS checkout, making it easier
 to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository. 
 
 Execute it from the root of the CVS working copy. GIT_DIR must be defined. 
+See examples below.
 
 It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are 
 unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit 
@@ -36,12 +36,43 @@ OPTIONS
        commit if any hunks fail to apply or there were other problems.
 
 -p::
-       Be pedantic (paranoid) when applying patches. Invokes patch with 
+       Be pedantic (paranoid) when applying patches. Invokes patch with
        --fuzz=0
 
+-a::
+       Add authorship information. Adds Author line, and Committer (if
+       different from Author) to the message.
+
+-f::
+       Force the merge even if the files are not up to date.
+
+-m::
+       Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix. 
+       Useful for patch series and the like.
+
 -v::
        Verbose.
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+Merge one patch into CVS::
++
+------------
+$ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
+$ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
+$ git-cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1>
+$ cvs commit -F .mgs <files> 
+------------
+
+Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing ::
++
+------------
+$ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
+$ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
+$ git-cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git-cvsexportcommit -c -p -v
+------------
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>