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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt index a3d996787b..17405c73a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt @@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ with `--stdin-commits` or `--reachable`.) + With the `--stdin-commits` option, generate the new commit graph by walking commits starting at the commits specified in stdin as a list -of OIDs in hex, one OID per line. (Cannot be combined with -`--stdin-packs` or `--reachable`.) +of OIDs in hex, one OID per line. OIDs that resolve to non-commits +(either directly, or by peeling tags) are silently ignored. OIDs that +are malformed, or do not exist generate an error. (Cannot be combined +with `--stdin-packs` or `--reachable`.) + With the `--reachable` option, generate the new commit graph by walking commits starting at all refs. (Cannot be combined with `--stdin-commits` @@ -60,7 +62,10 @@ existing commit-graph file. With the `--changed-paths` option, compute and write information about the paths changed between a commit and its first parent. This operation can take a while on large repositories. It provides significant performance gains -for getting history of a directory or a file with `git log -- <path>`. +for getting history of a directory or a file with `git log -- <path>`. If +this option is given, future commit-graph writes will automatically assume +that this option was intended. Use `--no-changed-paths` to stop storing this +data. + With the `--split[=<strategy>]` option, write the commit-graph as a chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in |