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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
index 8c708a7a16..e1f48c95b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ 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>] [--shallow] [--[no-]progress]
'git commit-graph write' <options> [--object-dir <dir>] [--[no-]progress]
@@ -27,7 +26,10 @@ OPTIONS
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 in the `<dir>/info` directory and
- the packfiles are expected to be in `<dir>/pack`.
+ the packfiles are expected to be in `<dir>/pack`. If the directory
+ could not be made into an absolute path, or does not match any known
+ object directory, `git commit-graph ...` will exit with non-zero
+ status.
--[no-]progress::
Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified, progress is
@@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ COMMANDS
--------
'write'::
-Write a commit-graph file based on the commits found in packfiles.
+Write a commit-graph file based on the commits found in packfiles. If
+the config option `core.commitGraph` is disabled, then this command will
+output a warning, then return success without writing a commit-graph file.
+
With the `--stdin-packs` option, generate the new commit graph by
walking objects only in the specified pack-indexes. (Cannot be combined
@@ -45,8 +49,10 @@ 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`
@@ -55,11 +61,34 @@ 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 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>`. 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 `--max-new-filters=<n>` option, generate at most `n` new Bloom
+filters (if `--changed-paths` is specified). If `n` is `-1`, no limit is
+enforced. Only commits present in the new layer count against this
+limit. To retroactively compute Bloom filters over earlier layers, it is
+advised to use `--split=replace`. Overrides the `commitGraph.maxNewFilters`
+configuration.
++
+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
@@ -74,11 +103,6 @@ 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`.
-'read'::
-
-Read the commit-graph file and output basic details about it.
-Used for debugging purposes.
-
'verify'::
Read the commit-graph file and verify its contents against the object
@@ -118,12 +142,6 @@ $ 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
---