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Subject: Re: [PATCH] replace: List replacement along with the object
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:

> The documentation could be misunderstood as if "git replace -l" lists
> the replacements of the specified objects. Currently, it lists the
> replaced objects.

Seeing that you had to change existing tests, I do not think this is an
improvement. The existing scripts can read the list of objects and find
replacement themselves (if they want to find that out, that is), no?