incremental imports to optimally combine the individual git packs that each
incremental import creates through the use of git-fast-import.
+
+A useful setup may be that you have a periodically updated git repository
+somewhere that contains a complete import of a Perforce project. That git
+repository can be used to clone the working repository from and one would
+import from Perforce directly after cloning using git-p4. If the connection to
+the Perforce server is slow and the working repository hasn't been synced for a
+while it may be desirable to fetch changes from the origin git repository using
+the efficient git protocol. git-p4 supports this setup by calling "git fetch origin"
+by default if there is an origin branch. You can disable this using
+
+ git config git-p4.syncFromOrigin false
+
Updating
========
After submitting you should sync your perforce import branch ("p4" or "origin")
from Perforce using git-p4's sync command.
+If you have changes in your working directory that you haven't committed into
+git yet but that you want to commit to Perforce directly ("quick fixes") then
+you do not have to go through the intermediate step of creating a git commit
+first but you can just call
+
+ git-p4 submit --direct
+
Example
=======
to find out which changes need to be imported.
* git-p4 submit uses "git rev-list" to pick the commits between the "p4" branch
and the current branch.
- The commits themselves are applied using git diff-tree ... | patch -p1
+ The commits themselves are applied using git diff/format-patch ... | git apply