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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-replace.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | git.c | 4 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t6050-replace.sh | 7 |
4 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt index 915cb77b29..8adc1ef55c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt @@ -23,6 +23,26 @@ replacement object. Unless `-f` is given, the replace reference must not yet exist in `.git/refs/replace/` directory. +Replace references will be used by default by all git commands except +those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and fsck). + +It is possible to disable use of replacement refs for any command +using the --no-replace-objects option just after "git". + +For example if commit "foo" has been replaced by commit "bar": + +------------------------------------------------ +$ git --no-replace-object cat-file commit foo +------------------------------------------------ + +show information about commit "foo", while: + +------------------------------------------------ +$ git cat-file commit foo +------------------------------------------------ + +show information about commit "bar". + OPTIONS ------- -f:: @@ -54,6 +74,7 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-tag[1] linkgit:git-branch[1] +linkgit:git[1] Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index d11c5c1651..df46a34371 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path] - [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] + [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS] @@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ help ...`. environment is not set, it is set to the current working directory. +--no-replace-objects:: + Do not use replacement refs to replace git objects. See + linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information. + FURTHER DOCUMENTATION --------------------- @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const char git_usage_string[] = "git [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path]\n" - " [-p|--paginate|--no-pager]\n" + " [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects]\n" " [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE]\n" " [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]"; @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged) use_pager = 0; if (envchanged) *envchanged = 1; + } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-replace-objects")) { + read_replace_refs = 0; } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--git-dir")) { if (*argc < 2) { fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --git-dir.\n" ); diff --git a/t/t6050-replace.sh b/t/t6050-replace.sh index 8b8bd81c09..d4818b430a 100755 --- a/t/t6050-replace.sh +++ b/t/t6050-replace.sh @@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ test_expect_success 'replace the author' ' git show $HASH2 | grep "O Thor" ' +test_expect_success 'test --no-replace-objects option' ' + git cat-file commit $HASH2 | grep "author O Thor" && + git --no-replace-objects cat-file commit $HASH2 | grep "author A U Thor" && + git show $HASH2 | grep "O Thor" && + git --no-replace-objects show $HASH2 | grep "A U Thor" +' + cat >tag.sig <<EOF object $HASH2 type commit |