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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2025-12-30 12:58:19 +0900
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2025-12-30 12:58:19 +0900
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downloadgit-b1792f51163670897814a2f3400e77fea8ac917c.tar.xz
Merge branch 'jt/doc-rev-list-filter-provided-objects'
Document "rev-list --filter-provided-objects" better. * jt/doc-rev-list-filter-provided-objects: docs: clarify git-rev-list(1) --filter behavior
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@@ -983,7 +983,9 @@ to name units in KiB, MiB, or GiB. For example, `blob:limit=1k`
is the same as 'blob:limit=1024'.
+
The form `--filter=object:type=(tag|commit|tree|blob)` omits all objects
-which are not of the requested type.
+which are not of the requested type. Note that explicitly provided objects
+ignore filters and are always printed unless `--filter-provided-objects` is
+also specified.
+
The form `--filter=sparse:oid=<blob-ish>` uses a sparse-checkout
specification contained in the blob (or blob-expression) _<blob-ish>_