git-svn.txt: elaborate on rev_map files

The man page for `git svn` describes a situation in which "'git svn'
will not be able to rebuild" your $GIT_DIR/svn/**/.rev_map* files, but
no mention is made of in what circumstances `git svn` *will* be able to
do so, how to get `git svn` to do so, or even what these files are.

This patch adds a FILES section to the man page with a description of
what $GIT_DIR/svn/**/.rev_map* files are and how they are (re)built, and
links to this description from various other parts of the man page.

Signed-off-by: Keshav Kini <keshav.kini@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 3ddf545602ebbf0457b3712869e3be0a768d22af..5383496cbb56864df3bb95a2ebbca563b520f27b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ COMMANDS
        tracking.  The name of the [svn-remote "..."] section in the
        $GIT_DIR/config file may be specified as an optional
        command-line argument.
++
+This automatically updates the rev_map if needed (see
+'$GIT_DIR/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.*' in the FILES section below for details).
 
 --localtime;;
        Store Git commit times in the local timezone instead of UTC.  This
@@ -201,6 +204,9 @@ accept.  However, '--fetch-all' only fetches from the current
 +
 Like 'git rebase'; this requires that the working tree be clean
 and have no uncommitted changes.
++
+This automatically updates the rev_map if needed (see
+'$GIT_DIR/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.*' in the FILES section below for details).
 
 -l;;
 --local;;
@@ -449,9 +455,10 @@ Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git log'
        file cannot be ignored forever (with --ignore-paths) the only
        way to repair the repo is to use 'reset'.
 +
-Only the rev_map and refs/remotes/git-svn are changed.  Follow 'reset'
-with a 'fetch' and then 'git reset' or 'git rebase' to move local
-branches onto the new tree.
+Only the rev_map and refs/remotes/git-svn are changed (see
+'$GIT_DIR/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.*' in the FILES section below for details).
+Follow 'reset' with a 'fetch' and then 'git reset' or 'git rebase' to
+move local branches onto the new tree.
 
 -r <n>;;
 --revision=<n>;;
@@ -684,7 +691,7 @@ svn-remote.<name>.noMetadata::
 +
 This option can only be used for one-shot imports as 'git svn'
 will not be able to fetch again without metadata. Additionally,
-if you lose your $GIT_DIR/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.* files, 'git svn' will not
+if you lose your '$GIT_DIR/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.*' files, 'git svn' will not
 be able to rebuild them.
 +
 The 'git svn log' command will not work on repositories using
@@ -1063,6 +1070,19 @@ or tag has appeared. If the subset of branches or tags is changed after
 fetching, then $GIT_DIR/svn/.metadata must be manually edited to remove
 (or reset) branches-maxRev and/or tags-maxRev as appropriate.
 
+FILES
+-----
+$GIT_DIR/svn/\*\*/.rev_map.*::
+       Mapping between Subversion revision numbers and Git commit
+       names.  In a repository where the noMetadata option is not set,
+       this can be rebuilt from the git-svn-id: lines that are at the
+       end of every commit (see the 'svn.noMetadata' section above for
+       details).
++
+'git svn fetch' and 'git svn rebase' automatically update the rev_map
+if it is missing or not up to date.  'git svn reset' automatically
+rewinds it.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-rebase[1]