docs: mark info/grafts as outdated

We should be encouraging people to use git-replace instead. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
git-mirror · Mar 5, 2014 · e650d06 · e650d06
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ info/grafts::
 	per line describes a commit and its fake parents by
 	listing their 40-byte hexadecimal object names separated
 	by a space and terminated by a newline.
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+Note that the grafts mechanism is outdated and can lead to problems
+transferring objects between repositories; see linkgit:git-replace[1]
+for a more flexible and robust system to do the same thing.
 
 info/exclude::
 	This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ current branch integrates with) obviously do not work, as there is no
 	you can make Git pretend the set of <<def_parent,parents>> a <<def_commit,commit>> has
 	is different from what was recorded when the commit was
 	created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file.
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+Note that the grafts mechanism is outdated and can lead to problems
+transferring objects between repositories; see linkgit:git-replace[1]
+for a more flexible and robust system to do the same thing.
 
 [[def_hash]]hash::
 	In Git's context, synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.