[PATCH v2 2/2] git-fast-import(1): reorganise options
The options in git-fast-import(1) are not currently arranged in a logical order, which has caused the '--done' options to be documented twice (commit 3266de10).
Rearrange them into logical groups under subheadings.
Suggested-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
---
Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 75ce808..bf1a02a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -33,34 +33,46 @@ the frontend program in use.
OPTIONS
-------
---date-format=<fmt>::
- Specify the type of dates the frontend will supply to
- fast-import within `author`, `committer` and `tagger` commands.
- See ``Date Formats'' below for details about which formats
- are supported, and their syntax.
--force::
Force updating modified existing branches, even if doing
so would cause commits to be lost (as the new commit does
not contain the old commit).
---max-pack-size=<n>::
- Maximum size of each output packfile.
- The default is unlimited.
+--quiet::
+ Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it
+ is successful. This option disables the output shown by
+ \--stats.
---big-file-threshold=<n>::
- Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to
- create a delta for, expressed in bytes. The default is 512m
- (512 MiB). Some importers may wish to lower this on systems
- with constrained memory.
+--stats::
+ Display some basic statistics about the objects fast-import has
+ created, the packfiles they were stored into, and the
+ memory used by fast-import during this run. Showing this output
+ is currently the default, but can be disabled with \--quiet.
---depth=<n>::
- Maximum delta depth, for blob and tree deltification.
- Default is 10.
+Options for Frontends
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
---active-branches=<n>::
- Maximum number of branches to maintain active at once.
- See ``Memory Utilization'' below for details. Default is 5.
+--cat-blob-fd=<fd>::
+ Write responses to `cat-blob` and `ls` queries to the
+ file descriptor <fd> instead of `stdout`. Allows `progress`
+ output intended for the end-user to be separated from other
+ output.
+
+--date-format=<fmt>::
+ Specify the type of dates the frontend will supply to
+ fast-import within `author`, `committer` and `tagger` commands.
+ 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. This option might be useful for detecting errors
+ that cause the frontend to terminate before it has started to
+ write a stream.
+
+Locations of Marks Files
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--export-marks=<file>::
Dumps the internal marks table to <file> when complete.
@@ -94,19 +106,22 @@ OPTIONS
Relative and non-relative marks may be combined by interweaving
--(no-)-relative-marks with the --(import|export)-marks= options.
+Performance and Compression Tuning
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
---cat-blob-fd=<fd>::
- Write responses to `cat-blob` and `ls` queries to the
- file descriptor <fd> instead of `stdout`. Allows `progress`
- output intended for the end-user to be separated from other
- output.
+--active-branches=<n>::
+ Maximum number of branches to maintain active at once.
+ See ``Memory Utilization'' below for details. Default is 5.
---done::
- Terminate with error if there is no `done` command at the
- end of the stream.
- This option might be useful for detecting errors that
- cause the frontend to terminate before it has started to
- write a stream.
+--big-file-threshold=<n>::
+ Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to
+ create a delta for, expressed in bytes. The default is 512m
+ (512 MiB). Some importers may wish to lower this on systems
+ with constrained memory.
+
+--depth=<n>::
+ Maximum delta depth, for blob and tree deltification.
+ Default is 10.
--export-pack-edges=<file>::
After creating a packfile, print a line of data to
@@ -117,16 +132,9 @@ Relative and non-relative marks may be combined by interweaving
as these commits can be used as edge points during calls
to 'git pack-objects'.
---quiet::
- Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it
- is successful. This option disables the output shown by
- \--stats.
-
---stats::
- Display some basic statistics about the objects fast-import has
- created, the packfiles they were stored into, and the
- memory used by fast-import during this run. Showing this output
- is currently the default, but can be disabled with \--quiet.
+--max-pack-size=<n>::
+ Maximum size of each output packfile.
+ The default is unlimited.
Performance
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1.8.1.468.g3d9f9b6
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