svn import: Add a loop limit option

[git.git] / Documentation / git-svnimport.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt b/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt
index a144c6c..047f8f3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svnimport.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ git-svnimport - Import a SVN repository into git
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 'git-svnimport' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ]
-                       [ -C <GIT_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -u ]
+                       [ -C <GIT_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -u ] [-l limit_nr_changes]
                        [ -b branch_subdir ] [ -t trunk_subdir ] [ -T tag_subdir ]
                        [ -s start_chg ] [ -m ] [ -M regex ] [ <SVN_repository_URL> ]
 
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ When importing incementally, you might need to edit the .git/svn2git file.
        regex. It can be used with -m to also see the default regexes. 
        You must escape forward slashes. 
 
+-l <max_num_changes>::
+       Limit the number of SVN changesets we pull before quitting.
+       This option is necessary because the SVN library has serious memory
+       leaks; the recommended value for nontrivial imports is 100.
+
+       git-svnimport will still exit with a zero exit code. You can check
+       the size of the file ".git/svn2git" to determine whether to call
+       the importer again.
+
 -v::
        Verbosity: let 'svnimport' report what it is doing.