[PATCH v4 07/11] Documentation/replace: tell that -f option bypasses the type check
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
Documentation/git-replace.txt | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
index 736b48c..a2bd2ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ replaced. The content of the 'replace' reference is the SHA-1 of the
replacement object.
The replaced object and the replacement object must be of the same type.
-There is no other restriction on them.
+This restriction can be bypassed using `-f`.
Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist.
+There is no other restriction on the replaced and replacement objects.
+
Replacement references will be used by default by all Git commands
except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and
fsck).
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1.8.4.rc1.31.g530f5ce.dirty
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>