NAME
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-git-commit-graph - Write and verify Git commit graph files
+git-commit-graph - Write and verify Git commit-graph files
SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'git commit-graph read' [--object-dir <dir>]
-'git commit-graph verify' [--object-dir <dir>]
+'git commit-graph verify' [--object-dir <dir>] [--shallow]
'git commit-graph write' <options> [--object-dir <dir>]
DESCRIPTION
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-Manage the serialized commit graph file.
+Manage the serialized commit-graph file.
OPTIONS
-------
--object-dir::
- Use given directory for the location of packfiles and commit graph
+ 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`.
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'write'::
-Write a commit graph file based on the commits found in packfiles.
+Write a commit-graph file based on the commits found in packfiles.
+
With the `--stdin-packs` option, generate the new commit graph by
walking objects only in the specified pack-indexes. (Cannot be combined
+
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'::
Read the commit-graph file and verify its contents against the object
database. Used to check for corrupted data.
++
+With the `--shallow` option, only check the tip commit-graph file in
+a chain of split commit-graphs.
EXAMPLES
--------
-* Write a commit graph file for the packed commits in your local `.git`
+* Write a commit-graph file for the packed commits in your local `.git`
directory.
+
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