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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-07-22 14:43:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-07-22 14:43:51 -0700 |
| commit | ef6663b3dbb3d63b993078477b8b21d9af64e8e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 499f52480c0dccb3dbfff9ff342231dc5facd4c0 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'js/maint-add-path-stat-pwd' (diff) | |
| parent | Documentation: clearly specify what refs are honored by core.logAllRefUpdates (diff) | |
| download | tgif-ef6663b3dbb3d63b993078477b8b21d9af64e8e5.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'bw/log-all-ref-updates-doc'
* bw/log-all-ref-updates-doc:
Documentation: clearly specify what refs are honored by core.logAllRefUpdates
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-update-ref.txt | 5 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index b56959b5dc..0658ffb889 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ core.logAllRefUpdates:: SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but only when the file exists. If this configuration variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" - file is automatically created for branch heads. + file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under + refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/), + note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD. + This information can be used to determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt index 2a96143b7c..d377a35243 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt @@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ still contains <oldvalue>. Logging Updates --------------- -If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true or the file -"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append +If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true and the ref is one under +"refs/heads/", "refs/remotes/", "refs/notes/", or the symbolic ref HEAD; 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: |