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@@ -57,11 +57,23 @@ or `--stdin-packs`.)
With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
existing commit-graph file.
+
-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:
+With the `--changed-paths` option, compute and write information about the
+paths changed between a commit and it's 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>`.
++
+With the `--split[=<strategy>]` option, write the commit-graph as a
+chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in
+`<dir>/info/commit-graphs`. Commit-graph layers are merged based on the
+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
+options. (Note that merging a chain of commit graphs replaces the
+existing chain with a length-1 chain where the first and only
+incremental holds the entire graph).
+
* 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