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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-06-03 23:59:03 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-06-03 23:59:03 -0700
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parentMerge branch 'ff/svnimport' (diff)
parentfetch.c: do not pass uninitialized lock to unlock_ref(). (diff)
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Merge branch 'sp/reflog'
* sp/reflog: fetch.c: do not pass uninitialized lock to unlock_ref(). Test that git-branch -l works. Verify git-commit provides a reflog message. Enable ref log creation in git checkout -b. Create/delete branch ref logs. Include ref log detail in commit, reset, etc. Change order of -m option to update-ref. Correct force_write bug in refs.c Change 'master@noon' syntax to 'master@{noon}'. Log ref updates made by fetch. Force writing ref if it doesn't exist. Added logs/ directory to repository layout. General ref log reading improvements. Fix ref log parsing so it works properly. Support 'master@2 hours ago' syntax Log ref updates to logs/refs/<ref> Convert update-ref to use ref_lock API. Improve abstraction of ref lock/write.
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
index 475237f19e..e062030e91 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-update-ref - update the object name stored in a ref safely
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-update-ref' <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>]
+'git-update-ref' [-m <reason>] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -49,6 +49,32 @@ for reading but not for writing (so we'll never write through a
ref symlink to some other tree, if you have copied a whole
archive by creating a symlink tree).
+Logging Updates
+---------------
+If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true or the file
+"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git-update-ref` will append
+a line to the log file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" (dereferencing all
+symbolic refs before creating the log name) describing the change
+in ref value. Log lines are formatted as:
+
+ . oldsha1 SP newsha1 SP committer LF
++
+Where "oldsha1" is the 40 character hexadecimal value previously
+stored in <ref>, "newsha1" is the 40 character hexadecimal value of
+<newvalue> and "committer" is the committer's name, email address
+and date in the standard GIT committer ident format.
+
+Optionally with -m:
+
+ . oldsha1 SP newsha1 SP committer TAB message LF
++
+Where all fields are as described above and "message" is the
+value supplied to the -m option.
+
+An update will fail (without changing <ref>) if the current user is
+unable to create a new log file, append to the existing log file
+or does not have committer information available.
+
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.