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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt index ed57c684db..64c01ba918 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fast-export - Git data exporter SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git fast-export [options]' | 'git fast-import' +'git fast-export [<options>]' | 'git fast-import' DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -110,6 +110,25 @@ marks the same across runs. the shape of the history and stored tree. See the section on `ANONYMIZING` below. +--reference-excluded-parents:: + By default, running a command such as `git fast-export + master~5..master` will not include the commit master{tilde}5 + and will make master{tilde}4 no longer have master{tilde}5 as + a parent (though both the old master{tilde}4 and new + master{tilde}4 will have all the same files). Use + --reference-excluded-parents to instead have the the stream + refer to commits in the excluded range of history by their + sha1sum. Note that the resulting stream can only be used by a + repository which already contains the necessary parent + commits. + +--show-original-ids:: + Add an extra directive to the output for commits and blobs, + `original-oid <SHA1SUM>`. While such directives will likely be + ignored by importers such as git-fast-import, it may be useful + for intermediary filters (e.g. for rewriting commit messages + which refer to older commits, or for stripping blobs by id). + --refspec:: Apply the specified refspec to each ref exported. Multiple of them can be specified. @@ -119,7 +138,9 @@ marks the same across runs. 'git rev-list', that specifies the specific objects and references to export. For example, `master~10..master` causes the current master reference to be exported along with all objects - added since its 10th ancestor commit. + added since its 10th ancestor commit and (unless the + --reference-excluded-parents option is specified) all files + common to master{tilde}9 and master{tilde}10. EXAMPLES -------- @@ -202,7 +223,7 @@ smaller output, and it is usually easy to quickly confirm that there is no private data in the stream. -Limitations +LIMITATIONS ----------- Since 'git fast-import' cannot tag trees, you will not be |