git-commit-vandalism/Documentation
Jeff King da4398d6a0 add core.usereplacerefs config option
We can already disable replace refs using a command line
option or environment variable, but those are awkward to
apply universally. Let's add a config option to do the same
thing.

That raises the question of why one might want to do so
universally. The answer is that replace refs violate the
immutability of objects. For instance, if you wanted to
cache the diff between commit XYZ and its parent, then in
theory that never changes; the hash XYZ represents the total
state. But replace refs violate that; pushing up a new ref
may create a completely new diff.

The obvious "if it hurts, don't do it" answer is not to
create replace refs if you're doing this kind of caching.
But for a site hosting arbitrary repositories, they may want
to allow users to share replace refs with each other, but
not actually respect them on the site (because the caching
is more important than the replace feature).

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-07-18 15:45:27 -07:00
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howto t/helper: merge test-sha1 into test-tool 2018-03-27 08:45:47 -07:00
RelNotes Third batch for 2.19 cycle 2018-07-18 12:24:17 -07:00
technical Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph' 2018-07-18 12:20:34 -07:00
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asciidoc.conf
asciidoctor-extensions.rb Documentation: implement linkgit macro for Asciidoctor 2017-01-31 12:18:18 -08:00
blame-options.txt Merge branch 'bc/blame-doc-fix' 2017-02-24 10:48:08 -08:00
build-docdep.perl
cat-texi.perl Documentation: remove unneeded argument in cat-texi.perl 2017-01-23 10:56:47 -08:00
cmd-list.perl
CodingGuidelines CodingGuidelines: mention "static" and "extern" 2018-02-08 14:20:43 -08:00
config.txt add core.usereplacerefs config option 2018-07-18 15:45:27 -07:00
date-formats.txt Merge branch 'lr/doc-fix-cet' into maint 2017-01-17 15:19:08 -08:00
diff-config.txt merge: update documentation for {merge,diff}.renameLimit 2018-05-08 16:19:41 +09:00
diff-format.txt Documentation: improve description for core.quotePath 2017-03-02 11:40:51 -08:00
diff-generate-patch.txt Documentation: improve description for core.quotePath 2017-03-02 11:40:51 -08:00
diff-options.txt doc: fix typos in documentation and release notes 2018-06-19 09:01:12 -07:00
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git-add.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-am.txt Merge branch 'nd/rebase-show-current-patch' 2018-03-06 14:54:02 -08:00
git-annotate.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-apply.txt Merge branch 'nd/diff-apply-ita' 2018-06-25 13:22:36 -07:00
git-archimport.txt docs/archimport: quote sourcecontrol.net reference 2017-04-20 22:05:38 -07:00
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git-bisect-lk2009.txt Documentation: spelling and grammar fixes 2018-06-22 14:26:23 -07:00
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git-blame.txt diff: --indent-heuristic is no longer experimental 2017-11-02 14:51:24 +09:00
git-branch.txt branch: deprecate "-l" option 2018-06-22 13:19:33 -07:00
git-bundle.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-cat-file.txt cat-file doc: document that -e will return some output 2018-01-10 15:08:14 -08:00
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git-check-ignore.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-check-mailmap.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-check-ref-format.txt Doc/check-ref-format: clarify information about @{-N} syntax 2017-12-19 10:00:45 -08:00
git-checkout-index.txt
git-checkout.txt Merge branch 'ks/doc-checkout-previous' 2017-12-13 13:28:57 -08:00
git-cherry-pick.txt Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt' into maint 2016-07-28 11:25:54 -07:00
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git-clone.txt Merge branch 'nd/doc-header' 2018-05-23 14:38:22 +09:00
git-column.txt
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git-commit-tree.txt Merge branch 'mm/doc-tt' into maint 2016-07-28 11:25:54 -07:00
git-commit.txt commit: add support for --fixup <commit> -m"<extra message>" 2017-12-22 13:10:24 -08:00
git-config.txt builtin/config: introduce color type specifier 2018-04-23 22:52:20 +09:00
git-count-objects.txt count-objects: report alternates via verbose mode 2016-10-10 13:52:37 -07:00
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git-credential-store.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
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git-cvsserver.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-daemon.txt daemon: add --log-destination=(stderr|syslog|none) 2018-02-05 10:30:44 -08:00
git-describe.txt builtin/describe.c: describe a blob 2017-12-19 11:17:16 -08:00
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git-fetch-pack.txt Documentation: fix several one-character-off spelling errors 2018-04-09 14:15:02 +09:00
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git-for-each-ref.txt Documentation: fix several one-character-off spelling errors 2018-04-09 14:15:02 +09:00
git-format-patch.txt doc: convert \--option to --option 2018-04-18 12:49:26 +09:00
git-fsck-objects.txt
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git-gc.txt Merge branch 'nd/doc-header' 2018-05-23 14:38:22 +09:00
git-get-tar-commit-id.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-grep.txt grep.c: add configuration variables to show matched option 2018-06-22 12:59:02 -07:00
git-gui.txt doc: git-gui browser does not default to HEAD 2017-01-13 12:23:28 -08:00
git-hash-object.txt usage: do not insist that standard input must come from a file 2015-10-16 15:27:52 -07:00
git-help.txt help: add --config to list all available config 2018-05-29 14:51:28 +09:00
git-http-backend.txt doc: more consistency in environment variables format 2016-06-08 12:04:37 -07:00
git-http-fetch.txt http-fetch: make -a standard behaviour 2018-04-24 10:55:02 +09:00
git-http-push.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-imap-send.txt Documentation: spelling and grammar fixes 2018-06-22 14:26:23 -07:00
git-index-pack.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
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git-init.txt init: document dotfiles exclusion on template copy 2017-02-17 15:57:21 -08:00
git-instaweb.txt doc: change configuration variables format 2016-06-08 12:04:55 -07:00
git-interpret-trailers.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-log.txt git-[short]log.txt: unify quoted standalone -- 2018-04-18 12:49:26 +09:00
git-ls-files.txt Merge branch 'ah/misc-doc-updates' 2018-05-23 14:38:23 +09:00
git-ls-remote.txt Merge branch 'bw/server-options' 2018-05-23 14:38:15 +09:00
git-ls-tree.txt Documentation: improve description for core.quotePath 2017-03-02 11:40:51 -08:00
git-mailinfo.txt Merge branch 'va/mailinfo-doc-typofix' into maint 2016-05-26 13:17:14 -07:00
git-mailsplit.txt mailsplit: support unescaping mboxrd messages 2016-06-06 11:14:43 -07:00
git-merge-base.txt merge-base --fork-point doc: clarify the example and failure modes 2017-11-09 12:28:30 +09:00
git-merge-file.txt merge-file: clamp exit code to maximum 127 2015-10-29 12:10:23 -07:00
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git-merge.txt Merge branch 'mw/doc-merge-enumfix' 2018-06-18 10:18:45 -07:00
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git-mktree.txt Documentation: normalize spelling of 'normalised' 2018-04-09 14:15:07 +09:00
git-mv.txt doc: typeset short command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:20:52 -07:00
git-name-rev.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-notes.txt Documentation: spelling and grammar fixes 2018-06-22 14:26:23 -07:00
git-p4.txt Merge branch 'ld/git-p4-updates' 2018-06-18 10:18:41 -07:00
git-pack-objects.txt Merge branch 'nd/pack-unreachable-objects-doc' 2018-05-23 14:38:24 +09:00
git-pack-redundant.txt
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git-patch-id.txt doc: remove unsupported parameter from patch-id 2017-07-28 14:41:32 -07:00
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git-pull.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-push.txt Merge branch 'ah/misc-doc-updates' 2018-05-23 14:38:23 +09:00
git-quiltimport.txt doc: more consistency in environment variables format 2016-06-08 12:04:37 -07:00
git-read-tree.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-rebase.txt Merge branch 'js/rebase-recreate-merge' 2018-07-18 12:20:33 -07:00
git-receive-pack.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-reflog.txt doc: add missing "-n" (dry-run) option to reflog man page 2017-11-22 12:24:47 +09:00
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git-remote-fd.txt Spelling fixes 2016-08-11 14:35:42 -07:00
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git-rerere.txt treewide: correct several "up-to-date" to "up to date" 2017-08-23 12:17:22 -07:00
git-reset.txt Spelling fixes 2017-06-27 10:35:49 -07:00
git-rev-list.txt rev-list: add list-objects filtering support 2017-11-22 14:11:57 +09:00
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git-revert.txt doc: typeset long command-line options as literal 2016-06-28 08:36:45 -07:00
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git-svn.txt Documentation: spelling and grammar fixes 2018-06-22 14:26:23 -07:00
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git-tools.txt doc: replace or.cz gitwiki link with git.wiki.kernel.org 2017-04-20 22:05:37 -07:00
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git-verify-commit.txt Merge branch 'dn/gpg-doc' into maint 2016-07-06 13:06:36 -07:00
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gitcore-tutorial.txt treewide: correct several "up-to-date" to "up to date" 2017-08-23 12:17:22 -07:00
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githooks.txt doc: improve formatting in githooks.txt 2018-05-06 18:38:43 +09:00
gitignore.txt gitignore.txt: clarify default core.excludesfile path 2018-06-27 12:17:16 -07:00
gitk.txt doc: convert [\--] to [--] 2018-04-18 12:49:26 +09:00
gitmodules.txt help: use command-list.txt for the source of guides 2018-05-21 13:23:14 +09:00
gitnamespaces.txt doc: mention transfer data leaks in more places 2016-11-14 11:23:07 -08:00
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gitsubmodules.txt Documentation: spelling and grammar fixes 2018-06-22 14:26:23 -07:00
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gitweb.conf.txt doc: use https links to avoid http redirect 2017-04-20 22:05:37 -07:00
gitweb.txt doc: use https links to Wikipedia to avoid http redirects 2017-05-15 13:04:54 +09:00
gitworkflows.txt Merge branch 'km/doc-workflows-typofix' 2018-06-18 10:18:42 -07:00
glossary-content.txt Documentation: spelling and grammar fixes 2018-06-22 14:26:23 -07:00
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