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).
OPTIONS
-------
-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.
-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.
+CREATING REPLACEMENT OBJECTS
+----------------------------
+
+linkgit:git-filter-branch[1], linkgit:git-hash-object[1] and
+linkgit:git-rebase[1], among other git commands, can be used to create
+replacement objects from existing objects.
+
+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.
+
BUGS
----
Comparing blobs or trees that have been replaced with those that
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.
SEE ALSO
--------
+linkgit:git-hash-object[1]
+linkgit:git-filter-branch[1]
+linkgit:git-rebase[1]
linkgit:git-tag[1]
linkgit:git-branch[1]
linkgit:git[1]
int force)
{
unsigned char object[20], prev[20], repl[20];
+ enum object_type obj_type, repl_type;
char ref[PATH_MAX];
struct ref_lock *lock;
if (check_refname_format(ref, 0))
die("'%s' is not a valid ref name.", ref);
+ obj_type = sha1_object_info(object, NULL);
+ repl_type = sha1_object_info(repl, NULL);
+ if (!force && obj_type != repl_type)
+ die("Objects must be of the same type.\n"
+ "'%s' points to a replaced object of type '%s'\n"
+ "while '%s' points to a replacement object of type '%s'.",
+ object_ref, typename(obj_type),
+ replace_ref, typename(repl_type));
+
if (read_ref(ref, prev))
hashclr(prev);
else if (!force)
{
int list = 0, delete = 0, force = 0;
struct option options[] = {
- OPT_BOOL('l', NULL, &list, N_("list replace refs")),
- OPT_BOOL('d', NULL, &delete, N_("delete replace refs")),
- OPT_BOOL('f', NULL, &force, N_("replace the ref if it exists")),
+ OPT_BOOL('l', "list", &list, N_("list replace refs")),
+ OPT_BOOL('d', "delete", &delete, N_("delete replace refs")),
+ OPT_BOOL('f', "force", &force, N_("replace the ref if it exists")),
OPT_END()
};
test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace -l)" &&
test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace)" &&
aa=${HASH2%??????????????????????????????????????} &&
- test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace -l "$aa*")" &&
+ test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace --list "$aa*")" &&
test_must_fail git replace -d $R &&
- test_must_fail git replace -d &&
+ test_must_fail git replace --delete &&
test_must_fail git replace -l -d $HASH2 &&
git replace -d $HASH2 &&
git show $HASH2 | grep "A U Thor" &&
git show $HASH2 | grep "O Thor" &&
test_must_fail git replace $HASH2 $R &&
git replace -f $HASH2 $R &&
- test_must_fail git replace -f &&
+ test_must_fail git replace --force &&
test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace)"
'
test_cmp file.replaced file
'
+test_expect_success 'replaced and replacement objects must be of the same type' '
+ test_must_fail git replace mytag $HASH1 &&
+ test_must_fail git replace HEAD^{tree} HEAD~1 &&
+ BLOB=$(git rev-parse :file) &&
+ test_must_fail git replace HEAD^ $BLOB
+'
+
+test_expect_success '-f option bypasses the type check' '
+ git replace -f mytag $HASH1 &&
+ git replace --force HEAD^{tree} HEAD~1 &&
+ git replace -f HEAD^ $BLOB
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'replace ref cleanup' '
+ test -n "$(git replace)" &&
+ git replace -d $(git replace) &&
+ test -z "$(git replace)"
+'
+
test_done