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[PATCH v4 05/11] Documentation/replace: add Creating Replacement Objects section

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Sep 3, 2013, 07:10 UTC
Message-ID
<20130903071026.29838.56822.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
In-Reply-To
<20130903070551.29838.43576.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

There were no hints in the documentation about how to create replacement objects.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 Documentation/git-replace.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
index aa66d27..736b48c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ OPTIONS
 	Typing "git replace" without arguments, also lists all replace
 	refs.
 
+CREATING REPLACEMENT OBJECTS
+----------------------------
+
+linkgit:git-filter-branch[1], linkgit:git-hash-object[1] and
+linkgit:git-rebase[1], among other git commands, can be used to create
+replacement objects from existing objects.
+
+If you want to replace many blobs, trees or commits that are part of a
+string of commits, you may just want to create a replacement string of
+commits and then only replace the commit at the tip of the target
+string of commits with the commit at the tip of the replacement string
+of commits.
+
 BUGS
 ----
 Comparing blobs or trees that have been replaced with those that
@@ -76,6 +89,9 @@ pending objects.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
+linkgit:git-hash-object[1]
+linkgit:git-filter-branch[1]
+linkgit:git-rebase[1]
 linkgit:git-tag[1]
 linkgit:git-branch[1]
 linkgit:git[1]
-- 
1.8.4.rc1.31.g530f5ce.dirty
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Message 8 of 20 in “Check replacement object type and minor updates”
  1. 00/11 Check replacement object type and minor updatesChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  2. 01/11 replace: forbid replacing an object with one of a different typeChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  3. 02/11 Documentation/replace: state that objects must be of the same typeChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  4. 03/11 t6050-replace: test that objects are of the same typeChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2013
  6. Christian CouderSep 5, 2013
  7. 04/11 t6050-replace: add test to clean up all the replace refsChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  8. 05/11 Documentation/replace: add Creating Replacement Objects sectionChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  9. 06/11 replace: bypass the type check if -f option is usedChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2013
  11. Christian CouderSep 5, 2013
  12. 07/11 Documentation/replace: tell that -f option bypasses the type checkChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2013
  15. 08/11 t6050-replace: check that -f option bypasses the type checkChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  16. 09/11 replace: allow long option namesChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  17. 10/11 Documentation/replace: list long option namesChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2013
  19. Christian CouderSep 5, 2013
  20. 11/11 t6050-replace: use some long option namesChristian Couder, Sep 3, 2013

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