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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-08-24 12:34:19 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-08-24 12:34:19 -0700
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Merge branch 'maint-1.7.11' into maint
* maint-1.7.11: Prepare for 1.7.11.6 Make the ciabot scripts completely self-configuring in the normal case. Improved documentation for the ciabot scripts. man: git pull -r is a short for --rebase gitcli: describe abbreviation of long options rev-list docs: clarify --topo-order description Documentation/CodingGuidelines: spell out more shell guidelines Documentation: do not mention .git/refs/* directories tests: Introduce test_seq
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DESCRIPTION
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-Adds a 'replace' reference in `.git/refs/replace/`
+Adds a 'replace' reference in `refs/replace/` namespace.
The name of the 'replace' reference is the SHA1 of the object that is
replaced. The content of the 'replace' reference is the SHA1 of the
replacement object.
-Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist in
-`.git/refs/replace/` directory.
+Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist.
Replacement references will be used by default by all git commands
except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and