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Clarify documentation of fast-import's D subcommand
The 'D' subcommand within a commit can also delete a directory recursively. This wasn't clear in the prior version of the documentation, leading to a question on the mailing list. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
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@ -481,8 +481,9 @@ It is recommended that `<path>` always be encoded using UTF-8.
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`filedelete`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Included in a `commit` command to remove a file from the branch.
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If the file removal makes its directory empty, the directory will
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Included in a `commit` command to remove a file or recursively
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delete an entire directory from the branch. If the file or directory
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removal makes its parent directory empty, the parent directory will
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be automatically removed too. This cascades up the tree until the
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first non-empty directory or the root is reached.
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@ -490,7 +491,8 @@ first non-empty directory or the root is reached.
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'D' SP <path> LF
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....
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here `<path>` is the complete path of the file to be removed.
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here `<path>` is the complete path of the file or subdirectory to
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be removed from the branch.
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See `filemodify` above for a detailed description of `<path>`.
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`filedeleteall`
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