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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index 13cbf3b..56bd3e5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-cvsexportcommit - Export a commit to a CVS checkout
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cvsexportcommmit' [-h] [-v] [-c] [-p] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
+'git-cvsexportcommmit' [-h] [-v] [-c] [-p] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -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 
@@ -38,9 +39,36 @@ OPTIONS
        Be pedantic (paranoid) when applying patches. Invokes patch with 
        --fuzz=0
 
+-f::
+       Force the merge even if the files are not up to date.
+
+-m::
+       Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix. 
+       Useful for patch series and the like.
+
 -v::
        Verbose.
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+Merge one patch into CVS::
++
+------------
+$ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git
+$ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
+$ git-cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1>
+$ cvs commit -F .mgs <files> 
+------------
+
+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 <martin@catalyst.net.nz>