Merge branch 'jk/clone-detached'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 8b9f9bbfcb584df6d9cce85c74c64b63a6031de8..2969388880a6d827a9970dd9d67fd81224a5bc34 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ OPTIONS
        when the `cat-blob` command is encountered in the stream.
        The default behaviour is to write to `stdout`.
 
+--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
@@ -331,6 +337,11 @@ and control the current import process.  More detailed discussion
        standard output.  This command is optional and is not needed
        to perform an import.
 
+`done`::
+       Marks the end of the stream. This command is optional
+       unless the `done` feature was requested using the
+       `--done` command line option or `feature done` command.
+
 `cat-blob`::
        Causes fast-import to print a blob in 'cat-file --batch'
        format to the file descriptor set with `--cat-blob-fd` or
@@ -649,9 +660,14 @@ paths for a commit are encouraged to do so.
 
 `notemodify`
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Included in a `commit` command to add a new note (annotating a given
-commit) or change the content of an existing note.  This command has
-two different means of specifying the content of the note.
+Included in a `commit` `<notes_ref>` command to add a new note
+annotating a `<committish>` or change this annotation contents.
+Internally it is similar to filemodify 100644 on `<committish>`
+path (maybe split into subdirectories). It's not advised to
+use any other commands to write to the `<notes_ref>` tree except
+`filedeleteall` to delete all existing notes in this tree.
+This command has two different means of specifying the content
+of the note.
 
 External data format::
        The data content for the note was already supplied by a prior
@@ -1016,6 +1032,11 @@ notes::
        Versions of fast-import not supporting notes will exit
        with a message indicating so.
 
+done::
+       Error out if the stream ends without a 'done' command.
+       Without this feature, errors causing the frontend to end
+       abruptly at a convenient point in the stream can go
+       undetected.
 
 `option`
 ~~~~~~~~
@@ -1045,6 +1066,15 @@ not be passed as option:
 * cat-blob-fd
 * force
 
+`done`
+~~~~~~
+If the `done` feature is not in use, treated as if EOF was read.
+This can be used to tell fast-import to finish early.
+
+If the `--done` command line option or `feature done` command is
+in use, the `done` command is mandatory and marks the end of the
+stream.
+
 Crash Reports
 -------------
 If fast-import is supplied invalid input it will terminate with a