From a8b1481a8e836d6b3a710878fe2e760a34e03278 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frej Drejhammar Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:02:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention the author map file in the readme --- hg-fast-export.txt | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/hg-fast-export.txt b/hg-fast-export.txt index 8b33520..0568597 100644 --- a/hg-fast-export.txt +++ b/hg-fast-export.txt @@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ hg-fast-export'ed from mercurial: will give hints on which branches need adjustment for starting over again. +As mercurial appears to be much less picky about the syntax of the +author information than git, an author mapping file can be given to +hg-fast-export to fix up malformed author strings. The file is +specified using the -A option. The file should contain lines of the +form "FromAuthor=ToAuthor". The example authors.map below will +translate "User " to "User ". + +-- Start of authors.map -- +User =User +-- End of authors.map -- + Notes/Limitations ================= -- 2.11.4.GIT