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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt index 53a650225a..8ca1764d3d 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` @@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the existing commit-graph file. + With the `--changed-paths` option, compute and write information about the -paths changed between a commit and it's first parent. This operation can +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>`. + @@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in strategy and other splitting options. The new commits not already in the commit-graph are added in a new "tip" file. This file is merged with the existing file if the following merge conditions are met: ++ * If `--split=no-merge` is specified, a merge is never performed, and the remaining options are ignored. `--split=replace` overwrites the existing chain with a new one. A bare `--split` defers to the remaining |