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Documentation: git-filter-branch honors replacement refs
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Make it clear that git-filter-branch will honor and make permanent
replacement refs as well as grafts.

Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <peter@pcc.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Peter Collingbourne authored and Junio C Hamano committed Jul 21, 2011
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Expand Up @@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ changes, which would normally have no effect. Nevertheless, this may be
useful in the future for compensating for some git bugs or such,
therefore such a usage is permitted.

*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts`. If you have any grafts
defined, running this command will make them permanent.
*NOTE*: This command honors `.git/info/grafts` and `.git/refs/replace/`.
If you have any grafts or replacement refs defined, running this command
will make them permanent.

*WARNING*! The rewritten history will have different object names for all
the objects and will not converge with the original branch. You will not
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