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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] git: add --no-replace option to disable replacing
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:32:10 +0200
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Christian Couder schrieb:
> So there is no way to disable it for some commands, which is annoying
> when we want to get information about a commit that has been replaced.
> 
> For example:
> 
> $ git cat-file -p N
> 
> would output information about the replacement commit if commit N is
> replaced.
> 
> With the "--no-replace" option that this patch adds it is possible to
> get information about the original commit using:
> 
> $ git --no-replace cat-file -p N

I think it makes sense. But given the exotic nature of this option, I'd
prefer a more specific name, e.g., --no-replace-objects.

-- Hannes