$GIT_COMMON_DIR: a new environment variable

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index cdab9ed503a5adaace14b06863f31347725d06db..d2d8f4792afaf5dc1105457493b070bcf163ecef 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ base-name::
        the same way as 'git rev-list' with the `--objects` flag
        uses its `commit` arguments to build the list of objects it
        outputs.  The objects on the resulting list are packed.
+       Besides revisions, `--not` or `--shallow <SHA-1>` lines are
+       also accepted.
 
 --unpacked::
        This implies `--revs`.  When processing the list of