Don't checkout the full tree if avoidable

[git.git] / Documentation / git-fsck.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
index 1a432f231970e4eb06ee9bad0cc7a4b550d17762..45c0bee50a15e21516a7b288b546b3a40c48028e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ index file and all SHA1 references in .git/refs/* as heads.
        Be chatty.
 
 --lost-found::
        Be chatty.
 
 --lost-found::

-       Write dangling refs into .git/lost-found/commit/ or
-       .git/lost-found/other/, depending on type.
+       Write dangling objects into .git/lost-found/commit/ or
+       .git/lost-found/other/, depending on type.  If the object is
+       a blob, the contents are written into the file, rather than
+       its object name.

 
 It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of
 the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any
 
 It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of
 the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any