From: Eric Wong Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:57:28 GMT Subject: [PATCH 6/9] contrib/git-svn.txt: add a note about renamed/copied directory support Message-ID: <11404618483094-git-send-email-normalperson@yhbt.net> In-Reply-To: <11404618481876-git-send-email-normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong --- contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) 72331d46b99b182406e06070e905123f76abbac8 diff --git a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt index 07a236f..cf098d7 100644 --- a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt +++ b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt @@ -206,6 +206,13 @@ working trees with metadata files. svn:keywords can't be ignored in Subversion (at least I don't know of a way to ignore them). +Renamed and copied directories are not detected by git and hence not +tracked when committing to SVN. I do not plan on adding support for +this as it's quite difficult and time-consuming to get working for all +the possible corner cases (git doesn't do it, either). Renamed and +copied files are fully supported if they're similar enough for git to +detect them. + Author ------ Written by Eric Wong . -- 1.2.0.gdee6