Re: [PATCH] git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map files

2013-09-25 Thread Keshav Kini
Jonathan Nieder writes: >> @@ -684,7 +687,7 @@ svn-remote..noMetadata:: >> + >> This option can only be used for one-shot imports as 'git svn' >> will not be able to fetch again without metadata. Additionally, >> -if you lose your .git/svn/**/.rev_map.* files, 'git svn' will not >> +if you lose

Re: [PATCH] git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map files

2013-09-25 Thread Keshav Kini
Jonathan Nieder writes: > Keshav Kini wrote: > >> I changed the wording of your first paragraph a bit according to what I >> thought it meant. Does it still convey what you wanted to convey, and is >> it still correct? >> >> Mapping between Subversion revision numbers and Git commit >>

Re: [PATCH] git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map files

2013-09-25 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Keshav Kini wrote: > I changed the wording of your first paragraph a bit according to what I > thought it meant. Does it still convey what you wanted to convey, and is > it still correct? > > Mapping between Subversion revision numbers and Git commit > names. In a repository where

Re: [PATCH] git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map files

2013-09-25 Thread Keshav Kini
Jonathan Nieder writes: > Taking a step back, the reader might wonder *why* he would want > to run "git svn fetch" to rebuilt these .rev_map.* files, and what > they are for. > > Perhaps there should be a separate REVISION MAP section describing > this in more detail. Something as simple as > >

Re: [PATCH] git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map files

2013-09-25 Thread Eric Wong
Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Keshav Kini wrote: > > + tracking. If necessary, rebuild the .git/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.* > > + files, given the requisite information exists in commit > > + messages (see the svn.noMetadata config option for more > > + information). The name of the [svn-remote "..."

Re: [PATCH] git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map files

2013-09-25 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Keshav Kini wrote: > The man page for `git svn` describes a situation in which "'git svn' > will not be able to rebuild" your .git/svn/**/.rev_map files, but no > mention is made of in what circumstances `git svn` *will* be able to do > so, or how to get `git svn` to do so. > > This patch add

[PATCH] git-svn.txt: mention how to rebuild rev_map files

2013-09-23 Thread Keshav Kini
The man page for `git svn` describes a situation in which "'git svn' will not be able to rebuild" your .git/svn/**/.rev_map files, but no mention is made of in what circumstances `git svn` *will* be able to do so, or how to get `git svn` to do so. This patch adds some language to the description o