.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-\fIgit\-svnimport\fR [ \-o <branch\-for\-HEAD> ] [ \-h ] [ \-v ] [ \-d | \-D ] [ \-C <GIT_repository> ] [ \-i ] [ \-u ] [\-l limit_rev] [ \-b branch_subdir ] [ \-T trunk_subdir ] [ \-t tag_subdir ] [ \-s start_chg ] [ \-m ] [ \-r ] [ \-M regex ] [ \-I <ignorefile_name> ] <SVN_repository_URL> [ <path> ]
+\fIgit\-svnimport\fR [ \-o <branch\-for\-HEAD> ] [ \-h ] [ \-v ] [ \-d | \-D ] [ \-C <GIT_repository> ] [ \-i ] [ \-u ] [\-l limit_rev] [ \-b branch_subdir ] [ \-T trunk_subdir ] [ \-t tag_subdir ] [ \-s start_chg ] [ \-m ] [ \-r ] [ \-M regex ] [ \-I <ignorefile_name> ] [ \-A <author_file> ] <SVN_repository_URL> [ <path> ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\-I <ignorefile_name>
Import the svn:ignore directory property to files with this name in each directory\&. (The Subversion and GIT ignore syntaxes are similar enough that using the Subversion patterns directly with "\-I \&.gitignore" will almost always just work\&.)
+.TP
+\-A <author_file>
+Read a file with lines on the form
+
+.nf
+username = User's Full Name <email@addr\&.es>
+.fi
+
+.nf
+and use "User's Full Name <email@addr\&.es>" as the GIT
+author and committer for Subversion commits made by
+"username"\&. If encountering a commit made by a user not in the
+list, abort\&.
+.fi
+
.TP
\-m
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message\&. This option will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source branch name from the commit message\&.