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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt index f0e710a6f8..dfbd886979 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt @@ -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>. |