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[v2,8/8] doc/partial-clone: mention --repair fetch option

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Series partial-clone: add ability to refetch with expanded filter | expand

Commit Message

Robert Coup Feb. 24, 2022, 4:13 p.m. UTC 
From: Robert Coup <robert@coup.net.nz>

Document it for partial clones as a means to refetch with a new filter.

Signed-off-by: Robert Coup <robert@coup.net.nz>
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 Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt | 3 +++
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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
index a0dd7c66f24..268939f781d 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@  Fetching Missing Objects
   currently fetches all objects referred to by the requested objects, even
   though they are not necessary.
 
+- Fetching with `--repair` will request a complete new filtered packfile from
+  the remote, which can be used to change a filter without needing to
+  dynamically fetch missing objects.
 
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