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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rev-list-options.txt b/rev-list-options.txt index 90c73d670..3000888a9 100644 --- a/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/rev-list-options.txt @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] Print the object IDs of any object referenced by the listed commits. `--objects foo ^bar` thus means ``send me all object IDs which I need to download if I have the commit - object _bar_ but not _foo_''. + object _bar_ but not _foo_''. See also `--object-names` below. --in-commit-order:: Print tree and blob ids in order of the commits. The tree @@ -920,7 +920,12 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[] --object-names:: Only useful with `--objects`; print the names of the object IDs - that are found. This is the default behavior. + that are found. This is the default behavior. Note that the + "name" of each object is ambiguous, and mostly intended as a + hint for packing objects. In particular: no distinction is made between + the names of tags, trees, and blobs; path names may be modified + to remove newlines; and if an object would appear multiple times + with different names, only one name is shown. --no-object-names:: Only useful with `--objects`; does not print the names of the object |