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[PATCH 3/3] git-svn: add documentation for --add-author-from option.

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Date
Apr 16, 2008, 01:04 UTC
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From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@versabanq.com>
Signed-off-by: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-svn.txt |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 4ad567a..acd77eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ COMMANDS
 	When retrieving svn commits into git (as part of fetch, rebase, or
 	dcommit operations), look for the first From: or Signed-off-by: line
 	in the log message and use that as the author string.
+--add-author-from;;
+	When committing to svn from git (as part of commit or dcommit
+	operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a
+	From: or Signed-off-by: line, append a From: line based on the
+	git commit's author string.  If you use this, then --use-log-author
+	will retrieve a valid author string for all commits.
 --username=<USER>;;
 	For transports that SVN handles authentication for (http,
 	https, and plain svn), specify the username.  For other
-- 
1.5.4.3
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Message 3 of 12 in “git-svn: add documentation for --use-log-author option.”
  1. 1/3 git-svn: add documentation for --use-log-author option.apenwarr@gmail.com, Apr 16, 2008
  2. 2/3 git-svn: Add --add-author-from option.apenwarr@gmail.com, Apr 16, 2008
  3. 3/3 git-svn: add documentation for --add-author-from option.apenwarr@gmail.com, Apr 16, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2008
  5. Avery PennarunApr 16, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2008
  7. Avery PennarunApr 16, 2008
  8. Richard QuirkApr 16, 2008
  9. Dmitry PotapovApr 16, 2008
  10. Sam VilainApr 16, 2008
  11. Avery PennarunApr 16, 2008
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