SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-svnadmin dump --incremental REPO | svn-fe [url] | git fast-import
+mkfifo backchannel &&
+svnadmin dump --deltas REPO |
+ svn-fe [url] 3<backchannel |
+ git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=3 3>backchannel
DESCRIPTION
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Files in this format can be generated using the 'svnadmin dump' or
'svk admin dump' command.
-Dumps produced with 'svnadmin dump --deltas' (dumpfile format v3)
-are not supported.
-
OUTPUT FORMAT
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The fast-import format is documented by the git-fast-import(1)
NOTES
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Subversion dumps do not record a separate author and committer for
-each revision, nor a separate display name and email address for
-each author. Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name
+each revision, nor do they record a separate display name and email
+address for each author. Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name
---------
user <user@UUID>
and 'UUID' the repository's identifier.
To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' puts a `git-svn-id` line at
-the end of each commit log message if passed an url on the command
+the end of each commit log message if passed a URL on the command
line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`.
The resulting repository will generally require further processing