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[PATCH v4 4/4] Documentation: replace: talk a little bit about GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Nov 22, 2009, 06:56 UTC
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<20091122065645.4811.8117.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
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<20091122064652.4811.38993.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

It may be useful to know that this environment variable can be used to prevent commands from using replacement refs.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 Documentation/git-replace.txt |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
index 69f704f..65a0da5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ $ git cat-file commit foo
 
 shows information about commit 'bar'.
 
+The 'GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS' environment variable can be set to
+achieve the same effect as the `--no-replace-objects` option.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -f::
-- 
1.6.5.1.gaf97d
Previous: Christian Couder
Message 5 of 5 in “add new GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS env variable”
  1. 0/4 add new GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS env variableChristian Couder, Nov 22, 2009
  2. 1/4 Documentation: fix typos and spelling in git-replace documentationChristian Couder, Nov 22, 2009
  3. 2/4 replace: use a GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS env variableChristian Couder, Nov 22, 2009
  4. 3/4 gitk: add "--no-replace-objects" optionChristian Couder, Nov 22, 2009
  5. 4/4 Documentation: replace: talk a little bit about GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTSChristian Couder, Nov 22, 2009

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