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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-update-ref - Update the object name stored in a ref safely
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> <oldvalue> | <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>])
+'git-update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> <oldvalue> | [--no-deref] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>])
DESCRIPTION
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@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ them and update them as a regular file (i.e. it will allow the
filesystem to follow them, but will overwrite such a symlink to
somewhere else with a regular filename).
+If --no-deref is given, <ref> itself is overwritten, rather than
+the result of following the symbolic pointers.
+
In general, using
git-update-ref HEAD "$head"