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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | FORMATS | CREATING REPLACEMENT OBJECTS | BUGS | SEE ALSO | GIT | NOTES | COLOPHON |
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GIT-REPLACE(1) Git Manual GIT-REPLACE(1)
git-replace - Create, list, delete refs to replace objects
git replace [-f] <object> <replacement>
git replace [-f] --edit <object>
git replace [-f] --graft <commit> [<parent>...]
git replace [-f] --convert-graft-file
git replace -d <object>...
git replace [--format=<format>] [-l [<pattern>]]
Adds a replace reference in refs/replace/ namespace.
The name of the replace reference is the SHA-1 of the object that
is replaced. The content of the replace reference is the SHA-1 of
the replacement object.
The replaced object and the replacement object must be of the
same type. This restriction can be bypassed using -f.
Unless -f is given, the replace reference must not yet exist.
There is no other restriction on the replaced and replacement
objects. Merge commits can be replaced by non-merge commits and
vice versa.
Replacement references will be used by default by all Git
commands except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack
transfer and fsck).
It is possible to disable the use of replacement references for
any command using the --no-replace-objects option just after git.
For example if commit foo has been replaced by commit bar:
$ git --no-replace-objects cat-file commit foo
shows information about commit foo, while:
$ git cat-file commit foo
shows information about commit bar.
The GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS environment variable can be set to
achieve the same effect as the --no-replace-objects option.
-f, --force
If an existing replace ref for the same object exists, it
will be overwritten (instead of failing).
-d, --delete
Delete existing replace refs for the given objects.
--edit <object>
Edit an object’s content interactively. The existing content
for <object> is pretty-printed into a temporary file, an
editor is launched on the file, and the result is parsed to
create a new object of the same type as <object>. A
replacement ref is then created to replace <object> with the
newly created object. See git-var(1) for details about how
the editor will be chosen.
--raw
When editing, provide the raw object contents rather than
pretty-printed ones. Currently this only affects trees, which
will be shown in their binary form. This is harder to work
with, but can help when repairing a tree that is so corrupted
it cannot be pretty-printed. Note that you may need to
configure your editor to cleanly read and write binary data.
--graft <commit> [<parent>...]
Create a graft commit. A new commit is created with the same
content as <commit> except that its parents will be
[<parent>...] instead of <commit>'s parents. A replacement
ref is then created to replace <commit> with the newly
created commit. Use --convert-graft-file to convert a
$GIT_DIR/info/grafts file and use replace refs instead.
--convert-graft-file
Creates graft commits for all entries in $GIT_DIR/info/grafts
and deletes that file upon success. The purpose is to help
users with transitioning off of the now-deprecated graft
file.
-l <pattern>, --list <pattern>
List replace refs for objects that match the given pattern
(or all if no pattern is given). Typing "git replace" without
arguments, also lists all replace refs.
--format=<format>
When listing, use the specified <format>, which can be one of
short, medium and long. When omitted, the format defaults to
short.
The following formats are available:
• short: <replaced-sha1>
• medium: <replaced-sha1> → <replacement-sha1>
• long: <replaced-sha1> (<replaced-type>) → <replacement-sha1>
(<replacement-type>)
git-hash-object(1), git-rebase(1), and git-filter-repo[1], among
other git commands, can be used to create replacement objects
from existing objects. The --edit option can also be used with
git replace to create a replacement object by editing an existing
object.
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.
Comparing blobs or trees that have been replaced with those that
replace them will not work properly. And using git reset --hard
to go back to a replaced commit will move the branch to the
replacement commit instead of the replaced commit.
There may be other problems when using git rev-list related to
pending objects.
git-hash-object(1) git-rebase(1) git-tag(1) git-branch(1)
git-commit(1) git-var(1) git(1) git-filter-repo[1]
Part of the git(1) suite
1. git-filter-repo
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
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system) project. Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://git-scm.com/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual
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Pages that refer to this page: git(1), git-cat-file(1), git-config(1), gitrepository-layout(5), gitglossary(7)
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