remove noise and inaccuracies from git-svn docs

Signed-off-by: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 4f262a935d91b8ce9a9ec6ca65fd05d46667cf64..abf7089738b81026ad35324f8e6ee10c6bc88d7b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -764,10 +764,9 @@ use `git svn rebase` to update your work branch instead of `git pull` or
 when committing into SVN, which can lead to merge commits reversing
 previous commits in SVN.
 
-DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
------------------
-Merge tracking in Subversion is lacking and doing branched development
-with Subversion can be cumbersome as a result.  While 'git svn' can track
+MERGE TRACKING
+--------------
+While 'git svn' can track
 copy history (including branches and tags) for repositories adopting a
 standard layout, it cannot yet represent merge history that happened
 inside git back upstream to SVN users.  Therefore it is advised that
@@ -777,16 +776,15 @@ compatibility with SVN (see the CAVEATS section below).
 CAVEATS
 -------
 
-For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with a less-capable system
-(SVN), it is recommended that all 'git svn' users clone, fetch and dcommit
+For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with Subversion,
+it is recommended that all 'git svn' users clone, fetch and dcommit
 directly from the SVN server, and avoid all 'git clone'/'pull'/'merge'/'push'
 operations between git repositories and branches.  The recommended
 method of exchanging code between git branches and users is
 'git format-patch' and 'git am', or just 'dcommit'ing to the SVN repository.
 
 Running 'git merge' or 'git pull' is NOT recommended on a branch you
-plan to 'dcommit' from.  Subversion does not represent merges in any
-reasonable or useful fashion; so users using Subversion cannot see any
+plan to 'dcommit' from because Subversion users cannot see any
 merges you've made.  Furthermore, if you merge or pull from a git branch
 that is a mirror of an SVN branch, 'dcommit' may commit to the wrong
 branch.
@@ -836,7 +834,7 @@ Renamed and copied directories are not detected by git and hence not
 tracked when committing to SVN.  I do not plan on adding support for
 this as it's quite difficult and time-consuming to get working for all
 the possible corner cases (git doesn't do it, either).  Committing
-renamed and copied files are fully supported if they're similar enough
+renamed and copied files is fully supported if they're similar enough
 for git to detect them.
 
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