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diff --git a/git-cvsimport.txt b/git-cvsimport.txt index f059ea9..d1bcda2 100644 --- a/git-cvsimport.txt +++ b/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ link:http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2git.html[cvs2git] or link:https://github.com/BartMassey/parsecvs[parsecvs]. -Imports a CVS repository into git. It will either create a new +Imports a CVS repository into Git. It will either create a new repository, or incrementally import into an existing one. Splitting the CVS log into patch sets is done by 'cvsps'. @@ -65,18 +65,18 @@ `CVS/Repository`. -C <target-dir>:: - The git repository to import to. If the directory doesn't + The Git repository to import to. If the directory doesn't exist, it will be created. Default is the current directory. -r <remote>:: - The git remote to import this CVS repository into. + The Git remote to import this CVS repository into. Moves all CVS branches into remotes/<remote>/<branch> akin to the way 'git clone' uses 'origin' by default. -o <branch-for-HEAD>:: When no remote is specified (via -r) the 'HEAD' branch - from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within the git - repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for git. + from CVS is imported to the 'origin' branch within the Git + repository, as 'HEAD' already has a special meaning for Git. When a remote is specified the 'HEAD' branch is named remotes/<remote>/master mirroring 'git clone' behaviour. Use this option if you want to import into a different
