Re: [PATCH] Document the --done option.
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com> writes:
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>> ---
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> A forgotten Sign-off?
Ping? Just telling us that this is Signed-off is fine.
Thanks.
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> Sverre, the text matches my understanding as well as what be56862
> (fast-import: introduce 'done' command, 2011-07-16) says it did.
> Ack?
>
>> 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
