From: Robert Coup via GitGitGadget Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:13:38 GMT Subject: [PATCH v2 8/8] doc/partial-clone: mention --repair fetch option Message-ID: <20942562a66bd1dcc6966a1d9150cff9a9ad11e3.1645719219.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Robert Coup Document it for partial clones as a means to refetch with a new filter. Signed-off-by: Robert Coup --- Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt index a0dd7c66f24..268939f781d 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt @@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ Fetching Missing Objects currently fetches all objects referred to by the requested objects, even though they are not necessary. +- Fetching with `--repair` will request a complete new filtered packfile from + the remote, which can be used to change a filter without needing to + dynamically fetch missing objects. Using many promisor remotes --------------------------- -- gitgitgadget