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New "merges" headline, clarified some parts that were not easy to understand. Signed-off-by: Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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git-archimport(1)
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NAME
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git-archimport - Import an Arch repository into GIT
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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`git-archimport` [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -T ] [ -t tempdir ]
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<archive/branch> [ <archive/branch> ]
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DESCRIPTION
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Imports a project from one or more Arch repositories. It will follow branches
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and repositories within the namespaces defined by the <archive/branch>
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parameters suppplied. If it cannot find the remote branch a merge comes from
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it will just import it as a regular commit. If it can find it, it will mark it
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as a merge whenever possible (see discussion below).
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The script expects you to provide the key roots where it can start the import
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from an 'initial import' or 'tag' type of Arch commit. It will follow and import
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new branches within the provided roots.
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It expects to be dealing with one project only. If it sees
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branches that have different roots, it will refuse to run. In that case, edit your
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<archive/branch> parameters to define clearly the scope of the import.
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`git-archimport` uses `tla` extensively in the background to access the Arch repository.
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Make sure you have a recent version of `tla` available in the path. `tla` must
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know about the repositories you pass to `git-archimport`.
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For the initial import `git-archimport` expects to find itself in an empty
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directory. To follow the development of a project that uses Arch, rerun
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`git-archimport` with the same parameters as the initial import to perform incremental imports.
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MERGES
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------
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Patch merge data from Arch is used to mark merges in GIT as well. GIT
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does not care much about tracking patches, and only considers a merge when a
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branch incorporates all the commits since the point they forked. The end result
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is that GIT will have a good idea of how far branches have diverged. So the
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import process does lose some patch-trading metadata.
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Fortunately, when you try and merge branches imported from Arch,
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GIT will find a good merge base, and it has a good chance of identifying
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patches that have been traded out-of-sequence between the branches.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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-h::
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Display usage.
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-v::
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Verbose output.
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-T::
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Many tags. Will create a tag for every commit, reflecting the commit
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name in the Arch repository.
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-t <tmpdir>::
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Override the default tempdir.
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<archive/branch>::
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Archive/branch identifier in a format that `tla log` understands.
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Author
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Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>.
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Documentation
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano, Martin Langhoff and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
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