\-A <author\-conv\-file>
CVS by default uses the unix username when writing its commit logs\&. Using this option and an author\-conv\-file in this format
-.nf
-exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5\&.se>
-spawn=Simon Pawn <spawn@frog\-pond\&.org>
-.fi
.nf
-git\-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had
-their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly
-all along\&.
-.fi
+ exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5\&.se>
+ spawn=Simon Pawn <spawn@frog\-pond\&.org>
-.nf
-For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/cvs\-authors
-each time the \-A option is provided and read from that same
-file each time git\-cvsimport is run\&.
.fi
+git\-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly all along\&.
-.nf
-It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
-export changes back to CVS again later with
-git\-link[1]::git\-cvsexportcommit\&.
-.fi
+For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/cvs\-authors each time the \-A option is provided and read from that same file each time git\-cvsimport is run\&.
+
+It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to export changes back to CVS again later with git\-link[1]::git\-cvsexportcommit\&.
.SH "OUTPUT"
\-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
+ username = User's Full Name <email@addr\&.es>
-.nf
-For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/svn\-authors
-each time the \-A option is provided, and read from that same
-file each time git\-svnimport is run with an existing GIT
-repository without \-A\&.
.fi
+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\&.
+
+For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/svn\-authors each time the \-A option is provided, and read from that same file each time git\-svnimport is run with an existing GIT repository without \-A\&.
.TP
\-m