docs: clarify git-rev-list(1) --filter behavior When using the --filter option for git-rev-list(1), objects that are explicitly provided ignore filters and are always printed unless the --filter-provided-objects option is also specified. Clarify this behavior in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc b/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc index d9665d8..453ec59 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.adoc
@@ -983,7 +983,9 @@ is the same as 'blob:limit=1024'. + The form `--filter=object:type=(tag|commit|tree|blob)` omits all objects -which are not of the requested type. +which are not of the requested type. Note that explicitly provided objects +ignore filters and are always printed unless `--filter-provided-objects` is +also specified. + The form `--filter=sparse:oid=<blob-ish>` uses a sparse-checkout specification contained in the blob (or blob-expression) _<blob-ish>_