filter-branch: stash away ref map in a branch

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-filter-branch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index 9e5169aa64f4ffd5ea42f85b2dbe812086e9652c..bebdcdec5ad4775588abe8814c59a269c7c1a832 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
        [--commit-filter <command>] [--tag-name-filter <command>]
        [--subdirectory-filter <directory>] [--prune-empty]
        [--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force]
-       [--] [<rev-list options>...]
+       [--state-branch <branch>] [--] [<rev-list options>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit.
        directory or when there are already refs starting with
        'refs/original/', unless forced.
 
+--state-branch <branch>::
+       This option will cause the mapping from old to new objects to
+       be loaded from named branch upon startup and saved as a new
+       commit to that branch upon exit, enabling incremental of large
+       trees. If '<branch>' does not exist it will be created.
+
 <rev-list options>...::
        Arguments for 'git rev-list'.  All positive refs included by
        these options are rewritten.  You may also specify options