From: Eric S. Raymond Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:57:05 GMT Subject: [PATCH] Document the --done option. Message-ID: <20120822105705.GA30472@thyrsus.com> --- Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 2620d28..9291ea0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ OPTIONS See ``Date Formats'' below for details about which formats are supported, and their syntax. +-- done:: + Terminate with error if there is no 'done' command at the + end of the stream. + --force:: Force updating modified existing branches, even if doing so would cause commits to be lost (as the new commit does @@ -1047,7 +1051,9 @@ done:: Error out if the stream ends without a 'done' command. Without this feature, errors causing the frontend to end abruptly at a convenient point in the stream can go - undetected. + undetected. This may occur, for example, if an import + front end dies in mid-operation without emitting SIGTERM + or SIGKILL at its subordinate git fast-import instance. `option` ~~~~~~~~ -- 1.7.9.5 -- Eric S. Raymond