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-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/glossary-content.txt4
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
index aa03882ddb..17d2ea6c1e 100644
--- 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.
++
+Note that the grafts mechanism is outdated and can lead to problems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
index 378306f581..be0858c188 100644
--- 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.
++
+Note that the grafts mechanism is outdated and can lead to problems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>>.