git-svn: allow UUID to be manually remapped via rewriteUUID
In certain situations it may be necessary to manually remap an svn
repostitory UUID. For example:
o--- [git-svn clone]
/
[origin svn repo]
\
o--- [svnsync clone]
Imagine that only "git-svn clone" and "svnsync clone" are made available
to external users. Furthur, "git-svn clone" contains only trunk, and for
reasons unknown, "svnsync clone" is missing the revision properties that
normally provide the origin svn repo's UUID.
A git user who has cloned the "git-svn clone" repo now wishes to use
git-svn to pull in the missing branches from the "synsync clone" repo.
In order for git-svn to get the history correct for those branches,
it needs to know the origin svn repo's UUID. Hence rewriteUUID.
Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 8dbf9d1..5df3059 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
Set the 'useSvnsyncProps' option in the [svn-remote] config.
--rewrite-root=<URL>;;
Set the 'rewriteRoot' option in the [svn-remote] config.
+--rewrite-uuid=<UUID>;;
+ Set the 'rewriteUUID' option in the [svn-remote] config.
--username=<USER>;;
For transports that SVN handles authentication for (http,
https, and plain svn), specify the username. For other
@@ -629,6 +631,12 @@
the repository with a public http:// or svn:// URL in the
metadata so users of it will see the public URL.
+svn-remote.<name>.rewriteUUID::
+ Similar to the useSvmProps option; this is for users who need
+ to remap the UUID manually. This may be useful in situations
+ where the original UUID is not available via either useSvmProps
+ or useSvnsyncProps.
+
svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround::
This disables potentially expensive checks to workaround
broken symlinks checked into SVN by broken clients. Set this
@@ -638,13 +646,14 @@
revision fetched. If unset, 'git svn' assumes this option to
be "true".
-Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps
+Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, rewriteUUID, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps
options all affect the metadata generated and used by 'git svn'; they
*must* be set in the configuration file before any history is imported
and these settings should never be changed once they are set.
-Additionally, only one of these four options can be used per-svn-remote
-section because they affect the 'git-svn-id:' metadata line.
+Additionally, only one of these options can be used per svn-remote
+section because they affect the 'git-svn-id:' metadata line, except
+for rewriteRoot and rewriteUUID which can be used together.
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