git-svn: Expand documentation for --follow-parent
Describe what the option --follow-parent does, and what happens if it is set or unset. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Leske <sebastian.leske@sleske.name> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -621,10 +621,19 @@ ADVANCED OPTIONS
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Default: "svn"
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--follow-parent::
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+ This option is only relevant if we are tracking branches (using
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+ one of the repository layout options --trunk, --tags,
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+ --branches, --stdlayout). For each tracked branch, try to find
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+ out where its revision was copied from, and set
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+ a suitable parent in the first git commit for the branch.
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This is especially helpful when we're tracking a directory
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- that has been moved around within the repository, or if we
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- started tracking a branch and never tracked the trunk it was
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- descended from. This feature is enabled by default, use
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+ that has been moved around within the repository. If this
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+ feature is disabled, the branches created by 'git svn' will all
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+ be linear and not share any history, meaning that there will be
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+ no information on where branches were branched off or merged.
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+ However, following long/convoluted histories can take a long
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+ time, so disabling this feature may speed up the cloning
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+ process. This feature is enabled by default, use
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--no-follow-parent to disable it.
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