git-svn: document useLogAuthor and addAuthorFrom config keys

We've always supported these config keys in git-svn,
so document them so users won't have to respecify them
on every invocation.

Reported-by: Juergen Kosel <juergen.kosel@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
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Eric Wong 2016-12-11 00:06:46 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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commit ea9a93dcc2

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@ -664,13 +664,19 @@ creating the branch or tag.
When retrieving svn commits into Git (as part of 'fetch', 'rebase', or When retrieving svn commits into Git (as part of 'fetch', 'rebase', or
'dcommit' operations), look for the first `From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line 'dcommit' operations), look for the first `From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line
in the log message and use that as the author string. in the log message and use that as the author string.
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[verse]
config key: svn.useLogAuthor
--add-author-from:: --add-author-from::
When committing to svn from Git (as part of 'commit-diff', 'set-tree' or 'dcommit' When committing to svn from Git (as part of 'commit-diff', 'set-tree' or 'dcommit'
operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a
`From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line, append a `From:` line based on the `From:` or `Signed-off-by:` line, append a `From:` line based on the
Git commit's author string. If you use this, then `--use-log-author` Git commit's author string. If you use this, then `--use-log-author`
will retrieve a valid author string for all commits. will retrieve a valid author string for all commits.
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[verse]
config key: svn.addAuthorFrom
ADVANCED OPTIONS ADVANCED OPTIONS
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