Merge branch 'tb/t5318-cleanup'

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-commit-graph.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
index a3d996787ba4c9e6f47a091d2136320f41e75609..8ca1764d3dcab4f37abe9f5e92dddb0d822b47f4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ with `--stdin-commits` or `--reachable`.)
 +
 With the `--stdin-commits` option, generate the new commit graph by
 walking commits starting at the commits specified in stdin as a list
-of OIDs in hex, one OID per line. (Cannot be combined with
-`--stdin-packs` or `--reachable`.)
+of OIDs in hex, one OID per line. OIDs that resolve to non-commits
+(either directly, or by peeling tags) are silently ignored. OIDs that
+are malformed, or do not exist generate an error. (Cannot be combined
+with `--stdin-packs` or `--reachable`.)
 +
 With the `--reachable` option, generate the new commit graph by walking
 commits starting at all refs. (Cannot be combined with `--stdin-commits`