From 1506fc34f7585880aeeb12b5fdfe2de4800f9df5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Langhoff Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:34:15 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] cvsexportcommit: add some examples to the documentation Updated with Randall Schwartz's suggestion. Signed-off-by: Martin Langhoff Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt index 13cbf3ba..d30435a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Exports a commit from GIT to a CVS checkout, making it easier to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository. Execute it from the root of the CVS working copy. GIT_DIR must be defined. +See examples below. It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit @@ -41,6 +42,26 @@ OPTIONS -v:: Verbose. +EXAMPLES +-------- + +Merge one patch into CVS:: ++ +------------ +$ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git +$ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout +$ git-cvsexportcommit -v +$ cvs commit -F .mgs +------------ + +Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing :: ++ +------------ +$ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git +$ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout +$ git-cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git-cvsexportcommit -c -p -v +------------ + Author ------ Written by Martin Langhoff -- 2.11.0