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diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt index 0a02f70657..e5c57ae6ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git replace' [-f] <object> <replacement> +'git replace' [-f] --edit <object> +'git replace' [-f] --graft <commit> [<parent>...] 'git replace' -d <object>... 'git replace' [--format=<format>] [-l [<pattern>]] @@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ $ git cat-file commit foo shows information about commit 'bar'. -The 'GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS' environment variable can be set to +The `GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS` environment variable can be set to achieve the same effect as the `--no-replace-objects` option. OPTIONS @@ -63,6 +65,32 @@ OPTIONS --delete:: Delete existing replace refs for the given objects. +--edit <object>:: + Edit an object's content interactively. The existing content + for <object> is pretty-printed into a temporary file, an + editor is launched on the file, and the result is parsed to + create a new object of the same type as <object>. A + replacement ref is then created to replace <object> with the + newly created object. See linkgit:git-var[1] for details about + how the editor will be chosen. + +--raw:: + When editing, provide the raw object contents rather than + pretty-printed ones. Currently this only affects trees, which + will be shown in their binary form. This is harder to work with, + but can help when repairing a tree that is so corrupted it + cannot be pretty-printed. Note that you may need to configure + your editor to cleanly read and write binary data. + +--graft <commit> [<parent>...]:: + Create a graft commit. A new commit is created with the same + content as <commit> except that its parents will be + [<parent>...] instead of <commit>'s parents. A replacement ref + is then created to replace <commit> with the newly created + commit. See contrib/convert-grafts-to-replace-refs.sh for an + example script based on this option that can convert grafts to + replace refs. + -l <pattern>:: --list <pattern>:: List replace refs for objects that match the given pattern (or @@ -92,7 +120,9 @@ CREATING REPLACEMENT OBJECTS linkgit:git-filter-branch[1], linkgit:git-hash-object[1] and linkgit:git-rebase[1], among other git commands, can be used to create -replacement objects from existing objects. +replacement objects from existing objects. The `--edit` option can +also be used with 'git replace' to create a replacement object by +editing an existing object. If you want to replace many blobs, trees or commits that are part of a string of commits, you may just want to create a replacement string of @@ -117,6 +147,8 @@ linkgit:git-filter-branch[1] linkgit:git-rebase[1] linkgit:git-tag[1] linkgit:git-branch[1] +linkgit:git-commit[1] +linkgit:git-var[1] linkgit:git[1] GIT |