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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt index 624470e198..bcd85c1976 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt @@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ git-commit-graph - Write and verify Git commit-graph files SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git commit-graph read' [--object-dir <dir>] -'git commit-graph verify' [--object-dir <dir>] -'git commit-graph write' <options> [--object-dir <dir>] +'git commit-graph verify' [--object-dir <dir>] [--shallow] [--[no-]progress] +'git commit-graph write' <options> [--object-dir <dir>] [--[no-]progress] DESCRIPTION @@ -26,9 +25,12 @@ OPTIONS Use given directory for the location of packfiles and commit-graph file. This parameter exists to specify the location of an alternate that only has the objects directory, not a full `.git` directory. The - commit-graph file is expected to be at `<dir>/info/commit-graph` and + commit-graph file is expected to be in the `<dir>/info` directory and the packfiles are expected to be in `<dir>/pack`. +--[no-]progress:: + Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified, progress is + shown if standard error is connected to a terminal. COMMANDS -------- @@ -51,16 +53,33 @@ or `--stdin-packs`.) + With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the existing commit-graph file. - -'read':: - -Read the commit-graph file and output basic details about it. -Used for debugging purposes. ++ +With the `--split` option, write the commit-graph as a chain of multiple +commit-graph files stored in `<dir>/info/commit-graphs`. 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 `--size-multiple=<X>` is not specified, let `X` equal 2. If the new +tip file would have `N` commits and the previous tip has `M` commits and +`X` times `N` is greater than `M`, instead merge the two files into a +single file. ++ +* If `--max-commits=<M>` is specified with `M` a positive integer, and the +new tip file would have more than `M` commits, then instead merge the new +tip with the previous tip. ++ +Finally, if `--expire-time=<datetime>` is not specified, let `datetime` +be the current time. After writing the split commit-graph, delete all +unused commit-graph whose modified times are older than `datetime`. 'verify':: Read the commit-graph file and verify its contents against the object database. Used to check for corrupted data. ++ +With the `--shallow` option, only check the tip commit-graph file in +a chain of split commit-graphs. EXAMPLES @@ -93,12 +112,6 @@ $ git show-ref -s | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits $ git rev-parse HEAD | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits --append ------------------------------------------------ -* Read basic information from the commit-graph file. -+ ------------------------------------------------- -$ git commit-graph read ------------------------------------------------- - GIT --- |