[PATCH] remove noise and inaccuracies from git-svn docs
---
Documentation/git-svn.txt | 16 +++++++---------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index ea8fafd..a3b4c91 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -757,10 +757,9 @@ use `git svn rebase` to update your work branch instead of `git pull` or
when committing into SVN, which can lead to merge commits reversing
previous commits in SVN.
-DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
------------------
-Merge tracking in Subversion is lacking and doing branched development
-with Subversion can be cumbersome as a result. While 'git svn' can track
+MERGE TRACKING
+--------------
+While 'git svn' can track
copy history (including branches and tags) for repositories adopting a
standard layout, it cannot yet represent merge history that happened
inside git back upstream to SVN users. Therefore it is advised that
@@ -770,16 +769,15 @@ compatibility with SVN (see the CAVEATS section below).
CAVEATS
-------
-For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with a less-capable system
-(SVN), it is recommended that all 'git svn' users clone, fetch and dcommit
+For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with Subversion,
+it is recommended that all 'git svn' users clone, fetch and dcommit
directly from the SVN server, and avoid all 'git clone'/'pull'/'merge'/'push'
operations between git repositories and branches. The recommended
method of exchanging code between git branches and users is
'git format-patch' and 'git am', or just 'dcommit'ing to the SVN repository.
Running 'git merge' or 'git pull' is NOT recommended on a branch you
-plan to 'dcommit' from. Subversion does not represent merges in any
-reasonable or useful fashion; so users using Subversion cannot see any
+plan to 'dcommit' from because Subversion users cannot see any
merges you've made. Furthermore, if you merge or pull from a git branch
that is a mirror of an SVN branch, 'dcommit' may commit to the wrong
branch.
@@ -829,7 +827,7 @@ 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). Committing
-renamed and copied files are fully supported if they're similar enough
+renamed and copied files is fully supported if they're similar enough
for git to detect them.
CONFIGURATION
--
1.7.3.5
Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>