Documentation/replace: state that objects must be of the same type

A previous patch ensures that both the replaced and the replacement
objects passed to git replace must be of the same type, except if
-f option is used.

While at it state that there is no other restriction on both objects.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
index e0b405797630c066f57082abc98fb1c03a1b219d..d198006c56fff7301e9d5d1a3329044225bdd0f6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ 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.
 
 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.
 
 Unless `-f` is given, the 'replace' reference must not yet exist.
 

+There is no other restriction on the replaced and replacement objects.
+

 Replacement references will be used by default by all Git commands
 except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and
 fsck).
 Replacement references will be used by default by all Git commands
 except those doing reachability traversal (prune, pack transfer and
 fsck).


@@ -69,9 +74,7 @@ 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
 commit instead of the replaced commit.
 
 There may be other problems when using 'git rev-list' related to

-pending objects. And of course things may break if an object of one
-type is replaced by an object of another type (for example a blob
-replaced by a commit).
+pending objects.

 
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