git-svn: add --authors-prog option

diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 9229d45ad9a94047a7ce4f24543770ebc521ef61..ca3fc3de1fcfc3509a9d5d1ff268c9673bafc3c0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -398,6 +398,14 @@ after the authors-file is modified should continue operation.
 
 config key: svn.authorsfile
 
+--authors-prog=<filename>::
+
+If this option is specified, for each SVN committer name that does not
+exist in the authors file, the given file is executed with the committer
+name as the first argument.  The program is expected to return a single
+line of the form "Name <email>", which will be treated as if included in
+the authors file.
+
 -q::
 --quiet::
        Make 'git-svn' less verbose. Specify a second time to make it
@@ -693,9 +701,9 @@ listed below are allowed:
        tags = tags/*/project-a:refs/remotes/project-a/tags/*
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-Keep in mind that the '*' (asterisk) wildcard of the local ref
+Keep in mind that the '\*' (asterisk) wildcard of the local ref
 (right of the ':') *must* be the farthest right path component;
-however the remote wildcard may be anywhere as long as it's own
+however the remote wildcard may be anywhere as long as it's an
 independent path component (surrounded by '/' or EOL).   This
 type of configuration is not automatically created by 'init' and
 should be manually entered with a text-editor or using 'git-config'.