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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt index 929e496af8..ed57c684db 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt @@ -67,17 +67,17 @@ produced incorrect results if you gave these options. have been completed, or to save the marks table across incremental runs. As <file> is only opened and truncated at completion, the same path can also be safely given to - \--import-marks. + --import-marks. The file will not be written if no new object has been marked/exported. --import-marks=<file>:: Before processing any input, load the marks specified in <file>. The input file must exist, must be readable, and - must use the same format as produced by \--export-marks. + must use the same format as produced by --export-marks. + Any commits that have already been marked will not be exported again. -If the backend uses a similar \--import-marks file, this allows for +If the backend uses a similar --import-marks file, this allows for incremental bidirectional exporting of the repository by keeping the marks the same across runs. |