There were no hints in the documentation about how to create
replacement objects.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chrisc...@tuxfamily.org>
---
Documentation/git-replace.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
index d198006..a2bd2ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ OPTIONS
Typing "git replace" without arguments, also lists all replace
refs.
+CREATING REPLACEMENT OBJECTS
+----------------------------
+
+linkgit:git-filter-branch[1], linkgit:git-hash-object[1] and
+linkgit:git-rebase[1], among other git commands, can be used to create
+replacement objects from existing objects.
+
+If you want to replace many blobs, trees or commits that are part of a
+string of commits, you may just want to create a replacement string of
+commits and then only replace the commit at the tip of the target
+string of commits with the commit at the tip of the replacement string
+of commits.
+
BUGS
----
Comparing blobs or trees that have been replaced with those that
@@ -78,6 +91,9 @@ pending objects.
SEE ALSO
--------
+linkgit:git-hash-object[1]
+linkgit:git-filter-branch[1]
+linkgit:git-rebase[1]
linkgit:git-tag[1]
linkgit:git-branch[1]
linkgit:git[1]
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1.8.4.rc1.28.ge2684af
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