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diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt index e0b4057976..d198006c56 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt @@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ The name of the 'replace' reference is the SHA-1 of the object that is replaced. The content of the 'replace' reference is the SHA-1 of the replacement object. +The replaced object and the replacement object must be of the same type. +This restriction can be bypassed using `-f`. + Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist. +There is no other restriction on the replaced and replacement objects. + Replacement references will be used by default by all Git commands except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and fsck). @@ -69,9 +74,7 @@ go back to a replaced commit will move the branch to the replacement commit instead of the replaced commit. There may be other problems when using 'git rev-list' related to -pending objects. And of course things may break if an object of one -type is replaced by an object of another type (for example a blob -replaced by a commit). +pending objects. SEE ALSO -------- |