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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index fad327aecc..a3f1e0c5e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -337,6 +337,13 @@ and control the current import process. More detailed discussion `commit` command. This command is optional and is not needed to perform an import. +`alias`:: + Record that a mark refers to a given object without first + creating any new object. Using --import-marks and referring + to missing marks will cause fast-import to fail, so aliases + can provide a way to set otherwise pruned commits to a valid + value (e.g. the nearest non-pruned ancestor). + `checkpoint`:: Forces fast-import to close the current packfile, generate its unique SHA-1 checksum and index, and start a new packfile. @@ -391,7 +398,7 @@ change to the project. ('encoding' SP <encoding>)? data ('from' SP <commit-ish> LF)? - ('merge' SP <commit-ish> LF)? + ('merge' SP <commit-ish> LF)* (filemodify | filedelete | filecopy | filerename | filedeleteall | notemodify)* LF? .... @@ -774,6 +781,7 @@ lightweight (non-annotated) tags see the `reset` command below. .... 'tag' SP <name> LF + mark? 'from' SP <commit-ish> LF original-oid? 'tagger' (SP <name>)? SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF @@ -913,6 +921,21 @@ a data chunk which does not have an LF as its last byte. + The `LF` after `<delim> LF` is optional (it used to be required). +`alias` +~~~~~~~ +Record that a mark refers to a given object without first creating any +new object. + +.... + 'alias' LF + mark + 'to' SP <commit-ish> LF + LF? +.... + +For a detailed description of `<commit-ish>` see above under `from`. + + `checkpoint` ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forces fast-import to close the current packfile, start a new one, and to |