From 3266de10747c4ad3fa972994004fcb0fca9ebe1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:57:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] fast-import: document the --done option Acked-by: Sverre Rabbelier Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 0fc68a911..3e7e62057 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ OPTIONS See ``Date Formats'' below for details about which formats are supported, and their syntax. +-- done:: + Terminate with error if there is no 'done' command at the + end of the stream. + --force:: Force updating modified existing branches, even if doing so would cause commits to be lost (as the new commit does @@ -1030,7 +1034,9 @@ 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. + undetected. This may occur, for example, if an import + front end dies in mid-operation without emitting SIGTERM + or SIGKILL at its subordinate git fast-import instance. `option` ~~~~~~~~ -- 2.26.2