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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt index 784e934009..37634bffd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt @@ -75,11 +75,20 @@ produced incorrect results if you gave these options. 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. + +--mark-tags:: + In addition to labelling blobs and commits with mark ids, also + label tags. This is useful in conjunction with + `--export-marks` and `--import-marks`, and is also useful (and + necessary) for exporting of nested tags. It does not hurt + other cases and would be the default, but many fast-import + frontends are not prepared to accept tags with mark + identifiers. + -Any commits that have already been marked will not be exported again. -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. +Any commits (or tags) that have already been marked will not be +exported again. 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. --fake-missing-tagger:: Some old repositories have tags without a tagger. The |