Merge branch 'sp/checkout'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index 4cae8b85b8a85297960fe027b8f9fb4c9e80137f..dfe86ceea3ac54306e3be23f7f7b53b1ca8a3a37 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ git-cvsimport - Import a CVS repository into git
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cvsimport' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ]
-                       [ -d <CVSROOT> ] [ -p <options-for-cvsps> ]
-                       [ -C <GIT_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -k ]
-                       [ -s <subst> ] [ -m ] [ -M regex ] [ <CVS_module> ]
+[verse]
+'git-cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>] [-s <subst>]
+             [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-C <git_repository>] [-i] [-P <file>]
+             [-m] [-M regex] [<CVS_module>]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ OPTIONS
        are supported.
 
 -C <target-dir>::
-        The GIT repository to import to.  If the directory doesn't
+        The git repository to import to.  If the directory doesn't
         exist, it will be created.  Default is the current directory.
 
 -i::
        Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing.  This option
-       ensures the working directory and cache remain untouched and will
+       ensures the working directory and index remain untouched and will
        not create them if they do not exist.
 
 -k::
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ the old cvs2git tool.
 +
 If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.
 
+-P <cvsps-output-file>::
+       Instead of calling cvsps, read the provided cvsps output file. Useful
+       for debugging or when cvsps is being handled outside cvsimport.
+
 -m::    
        Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option
        will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source 
@@ -85,6 +89,26 @@ If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.
 -s <subst>::
        Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst>
 
+-A <author-conv-file>::
+       CVS by default uses the unix username when writing its
+       commit logs. Using this option and an author-conv-file
+       in this format
+
+       exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
+       spawn=Simon Pawn <spawn@frog-pond.org>
+
+       git-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had
+       their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly
+       all along.
+
+       For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/cvs-authors
+       each time the -A option is provided and read from that same
+       file each time git-cvsimport is run.
+
+       It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
+       export changes back to CVS again later with
+       git-link[1]::git-cvsexportcommit.
+
 OUTPUT
 ------
 If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing.