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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-07-27 15:14:18 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-07-27 15:14:18 -0700
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Merge branch 'cc/replace-graft'
"git replace" learned a "--graft" option to rewrite parents of a commit. * cc/replace-graft: replace: add test for --graft with a mergetag replace: check mergetags when using --graft replace: add test for --graft with signed commit replace: remove signature when using --graft contrib: add convert-grafts-to-replace-refs.sh Documentation: replace: add --graft option replace: add test for --graft replace: add --graft option replace: cleanup redirection style in tests
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@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git replace' [-f] <object> <replacement>
'git replace' [-f] --edit <object>
+'git replace' [-f] --graft <commit> [<parent>...]
'git replace' -d <object>...
'git replace' [--format=<format>] [-l [<pattern>]]
@@ -81,6 +82,15 @@ OPTIONS
cannot be pretty-printed. Note that you may need to configure
your editor to cleanly read and write binary data.
+--graft <commit> [<parent>...]::
+ Create a graft commit. A new commit is created with the same
+ content as <commit> except that its parents will be
+ [<parent>...] instead of <commit>'s parents. A replacement ref
+ is then created to replace <commit> with the newly created
+ commit. See contrib/convert-grafts-to-replace-refs.sh for an
+ example script based on this option that can convert grafts to
+ replace refs.
+
-l <pattern>::
--list <pattern>::
List replace refs for objects that match the given pattern (or