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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-08-22 12:55:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-08-22 12:55:29 -0700 |
| commit | d031611b80058b4f2217d154bf060aff8f80038f (patch) | |
| tree | 30b17343fd84968f8f46f779da427862db435ce2 /git-replace.txt | |
| parent | 0862f09cc973996f93b1254f944295e06d42822e (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-d031611b80058b4f2217d154bf060aff8f80038f.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.12-70-g851f7
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diff --git a/git-replace.txt b/git-replace.txt index 17df52527..51131d085 100644 --- a/git-replace.txt +++ b/git-replace.txt @@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Adds a 'replace' reference in `.git/refs/replace/` +Adds a 'replace' reference in `refs/replace/` namespace. The name of the 'replace' reference is the SHA1 of the object that is replaced. The content of the 'replace' reference is the SHA1 of the replacement object. -Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist in -`.git/refs/replace/` directory. +Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist. Replacement references will be used by default by all git commands except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and |