Merge git://git.bogomips.org/git-svn

* git://git.bogomips.org/git-svn:
  git svn: Doc update for multiple branch and tag paths
  git svn: cleanup t9138-multiple-branches
  git-svn: Canonicalize svn urls to prevent libsvn assertion
  t9138: remove stray dot in test which broke bash
  git-svn: convert globs to regexps for branch destinations
  git svn: Support multiple branch and tag paths in the svn repository.
  Add 'git svn reset' to unwind 'git svn fetch'
  git-svn: speed up find_rev_before
  Add 'git svn help [cmd]' which works outside a repo.
  git-svn: let 'dcommit $rev' work on $rev instead of HEAD

Author: gitster

Documentation/git-svn.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-svn(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a single Subversion branch and git
+git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and git
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ DESCRIPTION
 It provides a bidirectional flow of changes between a Subversion and a git
 repository.
 
-'git-svn' can track a single Subversion branch simply by using a
-URL to the branch, follow branches laid out in the Subversion recommended
-method (trunk, branches, tags directories) with the --stdlayout option, or
-follow branches in any layout with the -T/-t/-b options (see options to
-'init' below, and also the 'clone' command).
+'git-svn' can track a standard Subversion repository,
+following the common "trunk/branches/tags" layout, with the --stdlayout option.
+It can also follow branches and tags in any layout with the -T/-t/-b options
+(see options to 'init' below, and also the 'clone' command).
 
-Once tracking a Subversion branch (with any of the above methods), the git
+Once tracking a Subversion repository (with any of the above methods), the git
 repository can be updated from Subversion by the 'fetch' command and
 Subversion updated from git by the 'dcommit' command.
 
@@ -48,8 +47,11 @@ COMMANDS
 --stdlayout;;
 	These are optional command-line options for init.  Each of
 	these flags can point to a relative repository path
-	(--tags=project/tags') or a full url
-	(--tags=https://foo.org/project/tags). The option --stdlayout is
+	(--tags=project/tags) or a full url
+	(--tags=https://foo.org/project/tags).
+	You can specify more than one --tags and/or --branches options, in case
+	your Subversion repository places tags or branches under multiple paths.
+	The option --stdlayout is
 	a shorthand way of setting trunk,tags,branches as the relative paths,
 	which is the Subversion default. If any of the other options are given
 	as well, they take precedence.
@@ -170,8 +172,9 @@ and have no uncommitted changes.
 	It is recommended that you run 'git-svn' fetch and rebase (not
 	pull or merge) your commits against the latest changes in the
 	SVN repository.
-	An optional command-line argument may be specified as an
-	alternative to HEAD.
+	An optional revision or branch argument may be specified, and
+	causes 'git-svn' to do all work on that revision/branch
+	instead of HEAD.
 	This is advantageous over 'set-tree' (below) because it produces
 	cleaner, more linear history.
 +
@@ -204,6 +207,20 @@ config key: svn.commiturl (overwrites all svn-remote.<name>.commiturl options)
 	Create a tag by using the tags_subdir instead of the branches_subdir
 	specified during git svn init.
 
+-d;;
+--destination;;
+	If more than one --branches (or --tags) option was given to the 'init'
+	or 'clone' command, you must provide the location of the branch (or
+	tag) you wish to create in the SVN repository.  The value of this
+	option must match one of the paths specified by a --branches (or
+	--tags) option.  You can see these paths with the commands
++
+	git config --get-all svn-remote.<name>.branches
+	git config --get-all svn-remote.<name>.tags
++
+where <name> is the name of the SVN repository as specified by the -R option to
+'init' (or "svn" by default).
+
 'tag'::
 	Create a tag in the SVN repository. This is a shorthand for
 	'branch -t'.
@@ -215,7 +232,7 @@ config key: svn.commiturl (overwrites all svn-remote.<name>.commiturl options)
 The following features from `svn log' are supported:
 +
 --
---revision=<n>[:<n>];;
+-r/--revision=<n>[:<n>];;
 	is supported, non-numeric args are not:
 	HEAD, NEXT, BASE, PREV, etc ...
 -v/--verbose;;
@@ -313,6 +330,63 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git-log'
 	Shows the Subversion externals.  Use -r/--revision to specify a
 	specific revision.
 
+'reset'::
+	Undoes the effects of 'fetch' back to the specified revision.
+	This allows you to re-'fetch' an SVN revision.  Normally the
+	contents of an SVN revision should never change and 'reset'
+	should not be necessary.  However, if SVN permissions change,
+	or if you alter your --ignore-paths option, a 'fetch' may fail
+	with "not found in commit" (file not previously visible) or
+	"checksum mismatch" (missed a modification).  If the problem
+	file cannot be ignored forever (with --ignore-paths) the only
+	way to repair the repo is to use 'reset'.
+
+Only the rev_map and refs/remotes/git-svn are changed.  Follow 'reset'
+with a 'fetch' and then 'git-reset' or 'git-rebase' to move local
+branches onto the new tree.
+
+-r/--revision=<n>;;
+	Specify the most recent revision to keep.  All later revisions
+	are discarded.
+-p/--parent;;
+	Discard the specified revision as well, keeping the nearest
+	parent instead.
+Example:;;
+Assume you have local changes in "master", but you need to refetch "r2".
+
+------------
+    r1---r2---r3 remotes/git-svn
+                \
+                 A---B master
+------------
+
+Fix the ignore-paths or SVN permissions problem that caused "r2" to
+be incomplete in the first place.  Then:
+
+[verse]
+git svn reset -r2 -p
+git svn fetch
+
+------------
+    r1---r2'--r3' remotes/git-svn
+      \
+       r2---r3---A---B master
+------------
+
+Then fixup "master" with 'git-rebase'.
+Do NOT use 'git-merge' or your history will not be compatible with a
+future 'dcommit'!
+
+[verse]
+git rebase --onto remotes/git-svn A^ master
+
+------------
+    r1---r2'--r3' remotes/git-svn
+                \
+                 A'--B' master
+------------
+
+
 --
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -669,6 +743,16 @@ already dcommitted.  It is considered bad practice to --amend commits
 you've already pushed to a remote repository for other users, and
 dcommit with SVN is analogous to that.
 
+When using multiple --branches or --tags, 'git-svn' does not automatically
+handle name collisions (for example, if two branches from different paths have
+the same name, or if a branch and a tag have the same name).  In these cases,
+use 'init' to set up your git repository then, before your first 'fetch', edit
+the .git/config file so that the branches and tags are associated with
+different name spaces.  For example:
+
+	branches = stable/*:refs/remotes/svn/stable/*
+	branches = debug/*:refs/remotes/svn/debug/*
+
 BUGS
 ----