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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt index 624470e198..365e145e82 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ OPTIONS Use given directory for the location of packfiles and commit-graph 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 at `<dir>/info/commit-graph` and + commit-graph file is expected to be in the `<dir>/info` directory and the packfiles are expected to be in `<dir>/pack`. @@ -51,6 +51,25 @@ 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: ++ +* 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 +`X` times `N` is greater than `M`, instead merge the two files into a +single file. ++ +* If `--max-commits=<M>` is specified with `M` a positive integer, and the +new tip file would have more than `M` commits, then instead merge the new +tip with the previous tip. ++ +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':: |