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diff --git a/third_party/git/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/third_party/git/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt index eb5e7865f0ef..de6b6de23022 100644 --- a/third_party/git/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt +++ b/third_party/git/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt @@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ git-commit-graph - Write and verify Git commit-graph files SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git commit-graph read' [--object-dir <dir>] -'git commit-graph verify' [--object-dir <dir>] [--shallow] -'git commit-graph write' <options> [--object-dir <dir>] +'git commit-graph verify' [--object-dir <dir>] [--shallow] [--[no-]progress] +'git commit-graph write' <options> [--object-dir <dir>] [--[no-]progress] DESCRIPTION @@ -27,8 +26,14 @@ OPTIONS file. This parameter exists to specify the location of an alternate that only has the objects directory, not a full `.git` directory. The commit-graph file is expected to be in the `<dir>/info` directory and - the packfiles are expected to be in `<dir>/pack`. + the packfiles are expected to be in `<dir>/pack`. If the directory + could not be made into an absolute path, or does not match any known + object directory, `git commit-graph ...` will exit with non-zero + status. +--[no-]progress:: + Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified, progress is + shown if standard error is connected to a terminal. COMMANDS -------- @@ -42,8 +47,10 @@ with `--stdin-commits` or `--reachable`.) + With the `--stdin-commits` option, generate the new commit graph by walking commits starting at the commits specified in stdin as a list -of OIDs in hex, one OID per line. (Cannot be combined with -`--stdin-packs` or `--reachable`.) +of OIDs in hex, one OID per line. OIDs that resolve to non-commits +(either directly, or by peeling tags) are silently ignored. OIDs that +are malformed, or do not exist generate an error. (Cannot be combined +with `--stdin-packs` or `--reachable`.) + With the `--reachable` option, generate the new commit graph by walking commits starting at all refs. (Cannot be combined with `--stdin-commits` @@ -52,11 +59,34 @@ or `--stdin-packs`.) With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the existing commit-graph file. + -With the `--split` option, write the commit-graph as a chain of multiple -commit-graph files stored in `<dir>/info/commit-graphs`. The new commits -not already in the commit-graph are added in a new "tip" file. This file -is merged with the existing file if the following merge conditions are -met: +With the `--changed-paths` option, compute and write information about the +paths changed between a commit and its first parent. This operation can +take a while on large repositories. It provides significant performance gains +for getting history of a directory or a file with `git log -- <path>`. If +this option is given, future commit-graph writes will automatically assume +that this option was intended. Use `--no-changed-paths` to stop storing this +data. ++ +With the `--max-new-filters=<n>` option, generate at most `n` new Bloom +filters (if `--changed-paths` is specified). If `n` is `-1`, no limit is +enforced. Only commits present in the new layer count against this +limit. To retroactively compute Bloom filters over earlier layers, it is +advised to use `--split=replace`. Overrides the `commitGraph.maxNewFilters` +configuration. ++ +With the `--split[=<strategy>]` option, write the commit-graph as a +chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in +`<dir>/info/commit-graphs`. Commit-graph layers are merged based on the +strategy and other splitting options. The new commits not already in the +commit-graph are added in a new "tip" file. This file is merged with the +existing file if the following merge conditions are met: ++ +* If `--split=no-merge` is specified, a merge is never performed, and +the remaining options are ignored. `--split=replace` overwrites the +existing chain with a new one. A bare `--split` defers to the remaining +options. (Note that merging a chain of commit graphs replaces the +existing chain with a length-1 chain where the first and only +incremental holds the entire graph). + * If `--size-multiple=<X>` is not specified, let `X` equal 2. If the new tip file would have `N` commits and the previous tip has `M` commits and @@ -71,11 +101,6 @@ Finally, if `--expire-time=<datetime>` is not specified, let `datetime` be the current time. After writing the split commit-graph, delete all unused commit-graph whose modified times are older than `datetime`. -'read':: - -Read the commit-graph file and output basic details about it. -Used for debugging purposes. - 'verify':: Read the commit-graph file and verify its contents against the object @@ -115,12 +140,6 @@ $ git show-ref -s | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits $ git rev-parse HEAD | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits --append ------------------------------------------------ -* Read basic information from the commit-graph file. -+ ------------------------------------------------- -$ git commit-graph read ------------------------------------------------- - GIT --- |