Adds a 'replace' reference in `.git/refs/replace/`
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
+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
+Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist in
`.git/refs/replace/` directory.
+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 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+For example if commit 'foo' has been replaced by commit 'bar':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.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-f::
BUGS
----
Comparing blobs or trees that have been replaced with those that
-replace them will not work properly. And using 'git reset --hard' to
+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.
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-
-Author
-------
-Written by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and Junio C
-Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, based on 'git tag' by Kristian Hogsberg
-<krh@redhat.com> and Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the
-git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>, based on 'git tag' documentation.
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