Merge branch 'sv/first-parent'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index 6c423e3a2f1c69e523eeb9cc092126adc2691803..363c36d694231c5876527ff0d062fbd385d66630 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
+'git-cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] [-w cvsworkdir] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
 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.
+Specify the name of a CVS checkout using the -w switch or execute it
+from the root of the CVS working copy. In the latter case 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
@@ -59,11 +60,22 @@ OPTIONS
        Useful for patch series and the like.
 
 -u::
-       Update affected files from cvs repository before attempting export.
+       Update affected files from CVS repository before attempting export.
+
+-w::
+       Specify the location of the CVS checkout to use for the export. This
+       option does not require GIT_DIR to be set before execution if the
+       current directory is within a git repository.  The default is the
+       value of 'cvsexportcommit.cvsdir'.
 
 -v::
        Verbose.
 
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+cvsexportcommit.cvsdir::
+       The default location of the CVS checkout to use for the export.
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
@@ -73,7 +85,13 @@ Merge one patch into CVS::
 $ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
 $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
 $ git-cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1>
-$ cvs commit -F .mgs <files>
+$ cvs commit -F .msg <files>
+------------
+
+Merge one patch into CVS (-c and -w options). The working directory is within the Git Repo::
++
+------------
+       $ git-cvsexportcommit -v -c -w ~/project_cvs_checkout <commit-sha1>
 ------------
 
 Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing::
@@ -86,12 +104,12 @@ $ git-cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git-cvsexportcommit
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
+Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others.
 
 Documentation
 --------------
-Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
+Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite