NAME
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-git-fast-import - Backend for fast Git data importers.
+git-fast-import - Backend for fast Git data importers
SYNOPSIS
Dumps the internal marks table to <file> when complete.
Marks are written one per line as `:markid SHA-1`.
Frontends can use this file to validate imports after they
- have been completed.
+ have been completed, or to save the marks table across
+ incremental runs. As <file> is only opened and truncated
+ at checkpoint (or completion) the same path can also be
+ safely given to \--import-marks.
+
+--import-marks=<file>::
+ Before processing any input, load the marks specified in
+ <file>. The input file must exist, must be readable, and
+ must use the same format as produced by \--export-marks.
+ Multiple options may be supplied to import more than one
+ set of marks. If a mark is defined to different values,
+ the last file wins.
--export-pack-edges=<file>::
After creating a packfile, print a line of data to
In both formats `<path>` is the complete path of the file to be added
(if not already existing) or modified (if already existing).
-A `<path>` string must use UNIX-style directory seperators (forward
+A `<path>` string must use UNIX-style directory separators (forward
slash `/`), may contain any byte other than `LF`, and must not
start with double quote (`"`).
The value of `<path>` must be in canoncial form. That is it must not:
* contain an empty directory component (e.g. `foo//bar` is invalid),
-* end with a directory seperator (e.g. `foo/` is invalid),
-* start with a directory seperator (e.g. `/foo` is invalid),
+* end with a directory separator (e.g. `foo/` is invalid),
+* start with a directory separator (e.g. `/foo` is invalid),
* contain the special component `.` or `..` (e.g. `foo/./bar` and
`foo/../bar` are invalid).