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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-10-28 11:14:57 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2021-10-28 19:17:09 +0000
commit44812cbbec44625083b6e5441a798a21a5e79f71 (patch)
treee00ba7af387db825052e90af144913459f2858c5 /Documentation
parentfc70bf064fd13def9a919b7cc264a3a1dcff6e79 (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-44812cbbec44625083b6e5441a798a21a5e79f71.tar.gz
There's no current way to retrieve blobs by OID directly
from remote externals.  Maybe the $INBOX_NAME/$OID/s/raw.eml
endpoint could be overloaded for that.
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diff --git a/Documentation/lei-blob.pod b/Documentation/lei-blob.pod
index 429d206e..e401bb47 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-blob.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-blob.pod
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ lei blob [OPTIONS] OID
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 Display a git blob.  The blob may correspond to a message from the
-local store, an existing blob in the current repository, or a
-not-yet-created blob in the current git project repository (if any)
-that can be reconstructed from a message.
+local store, any local external, or blobs associated with a
+project git repository (if run from a git (working) directory).
+For blobs which do not exist, it will attempt to recreate the blob
+using patch emails.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
@@ -64,7 +65,10 @@ L<lei-q(1)>.
 
 =over
 
-=item --[no-]remote
+=item --remote
+
+Remote externals only get queried when the blob needs to be
+reconstructed from patch emails.
 
 =item --no-local