From 7bd11d45f97fe87a8da08852835ff5859395620b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Petrov Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 09:47:40 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Get rid of links to external dependencies --- static/docs/command-reference/import.md | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/static/docs/command-reference/import.md b/static/docs/command-reference/import.md index 1444626f0f..be25724a3d 100644 --- a/static/docs/command-reference/import.md +++ b/static/docs/command-reference/import.md @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ # import -Download or copy file or directory from any DVC project in a Git -repository (e.g. hosted on GitHub) into the workspace, and track -changes in this [external dependency](/doc/user-guide/external-dependencies). -Creates [DVC-files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format). +Import file or directory from any DVC project in a Git +repository (e.g. hosted on GitHub). The imported files will be copied +or downloaded into the workspace while DVC keeps information +about the source in a created [DVC-files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format). +Information about the source is a link to a imported repository and it is +used during imported file [update](/doc/user-guide/external-dependencies). > See also `dvc get`, that corresponds to the first step this command performs > (just download the data). @@ -100,9 +102,10 @@ Importing 'data/data.xml (git@github.com:iterative/example-get-started)' In contrast with `dvc get`, this command doesn't just download the data file, but it also creates an import stage -([DVC-file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format)) to register this data as an -[external dependency](/doc/user-guide/external-dependencies) (using the `repo` -field). Check `data.xml.dvc`: +([DVC-file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format)) with a link to this data source. +This DVC-file with the link is used during imported +file [update](/doc/user-guide/external-dependencies). +Check `data.xml.dvc`: ```yaml md5: 7de90e7de7b432ad972095bc1f2ec0f8