doc: describe git svn init --ignore-refs
Add the missing documentation for `git svn init --ignore-refs`.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 9bee9b0..fba0b4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
`--prefix ""` on the command line (`--prefix=""` may not work if
your Perl's Getopt::Long is < v2.37).
+--ignore-refs=<regex>;;
+ When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will
+ be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description
+ of `--ignore-refs`.
--ignore-paths=<regex>;;
When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will
be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description
@@ -138,6 +142,18 @@
--parent;;
Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD.
+--ignore-refs=<regex>;;
+ Ignore refs for branches or tags matching the Perl regular
+ expression. A "negative look-ahead assertion" like
+ `^refs/remotes/origin/(?!tags/wanted-tag|wanted-branch).*$`
+ can be used to allow only certain refs.
++
+[verse]
+config key: svn-remote.<name>.ignore-refs
++
+If the ignore-refs configuration key is set, and the command-line
+option is also given, both regular expressions will be used.
+
--ignore-paths=<regex>;;
This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will
cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN.
