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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-05-01 14:53:51 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-05-01 14:53:51 -0700 |
commit | 864182b6457faf2455894d9a200acda0751f3c80 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/git-commit-graph.txt b/git-commit-graph.txt index 28d1fee50..53a650225 100644 --- a/git-commit-graph.txt +++ b/git-commit-graph.txt @@ -57,11 +57,23 @@ or `--stdin-packs`.) With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the existing commit-graph file. + -With the `--split` option, write the commit-graph as a chain of multiple -commit-graph files stored in `<dir>/info/commit-graphs`. The new commits -not already in the commit-graph are added in a new "tip" file. This file -is merged with the existing file if the following merge conditions are -met: +With the `--changed-paths` option, compute and write information about the +paths changed between a commit and it's first parent. This operation can +take a while on large repositories. It provides significant performance gains +for getting history of a directory or a file with `git log -- <path>`. ++ +With the `--split[=<strategy>]` option, write the commit-graph as a +chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in +`<dir>/info/commit-graphs`. Commit-graph layers are merged based on the +strategy and other splitting options. The new commits not already in the +commit-graph are added in a new "tip" file. This file is merged with the +existing file if the following merge conditions are met: +* If `--split=no-merge` is specified, a merge is never performed, and +the remaining options are ignored. `--split=replace` overwrites the +existing chain with a new one. A bare `--split` defers to the remaining +options. (Note that merging a chain of commit graphs replaces the +existing chain with a length-1 chain where the first and only +incremental holds the entire graph). + * If `--size-multiple=<X>` is not specified, let `X` equal 2. If the new tip file would have `N` commits and the previous tip has `M` commits and |