Merge branch 'di/fast-import-ident'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-fast-import.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 0ca24a89f873257db8b2518b300bb21be1308a11..ec6ef3119792a9e66a3a46bf6f0754458ea6a061 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-fast-import - Backend for fast Git data importers
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 frontend | 'git fast-import' [options]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -101,6 +102,12 @@ OPTIONS
        when the `cat-blob` command is encountered in the stream.
        The default behaviour is to write to `stdout`.
 
+--done::
+       Require a `done` command at the end of the stream.
+       This option might be useful for detecting errors that
+       cause the frontend to terminate before it has started to
+       write a stream.
+
 --export-pack-edges=<file>::
        After creating a packfile, print a line of data to
        <file> listing the filename of the packfile and the last
@@ -330,6 +337,11 @@ and control the current import process.  More detailed discussion
        standard output.  This command is optional and is not needed
        to perform an import.
 
+`done`::
+       Marks the end of the stream. This command is optional
+       unless the `done` feature was requested using the
+       `--done` command line option or `feature done` command.
+
 `cat-blob`::
        Causes fast-import to print a blob in 'cat-file --batch'
        format to the file descriptor set with `--cat-blob-fd` or
@@ -1000,10 +1012,14 @@ force::
        (see OPTIONS, above).
 
 import-marks::
+import-marks-if-exists::
        Like --import-marks except in two respects: first, only one
-       "feature import-marks" command is allowed per stream;
-       second, an --import-marks= command-line option overrides
-       any "feature import-marks" command in the stream.
+       "feature import-marks" or "feature import-marks-if-exists"
+       command is allowed per stream; second, an --import-marks=
+       or --import-marks-if-exists command-line option overrides
+       any of these "feature" commands in the stream; third,
+       "feature import-marks-if-exists" like a corresponding
+       command-line option silently skips a nonexistent file.
 
 cat-blob::
 ls::
@@ -1020,6 +1036,11 @@ notes::
        Versions of fast-import not supporting notes will exit
        with a message indicating so.
 
+done::
+       Error out if the stream ends without a 'done' command.
+       Without this feature, errors causing the frontend to end
+       abruptly at a convenient point in the stream can go
+       undetected.
 
 `option`
 ~~~~~~~~
@@ -1049,6 +1070,15 @@ not be passed as option:
 * cat-blob-fd
 * force
 
+`done`
+~~~~~~
+If the `done` feature is not in use, treated as if EOF was read.
+This can be used to tell fast-import to finish early.
+
+If the `--done` command line option or `feature done` command is
+in use, the `done` command is mandatory and marks the end of the
+stream.
+
 Crash Reports
 -------------
 If fast-import is supplied invalid input it will terminate with a