From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: "Bence Ferdinandy" <bence@ferdinandy.com>
Cc: <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ref: with git update-ref?
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 08:25:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ttdhsuqz.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D4T9VCF8OS6U.1FMB8P6YU7I3S@ferdinandy.com> (Bence Ferdinandy's message of "Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:51:08 +0200")
On Okt 11 2024, Bence Ferdinandy wrote:
> the documentation for `git update-ref` has this sentence:
>
>> It also allows a "ref" file to be a symbolic pointer to another
>> ref file by starting with the four-byte header sequence of
>> "ref:".
This is about the format of the reference to be updated, not the
<new-oid> argument.
See gitglossary(1):
symref
Symbolic reference: instead of containing the SHA-1 id itself, it
is of the format ref: refs/some/thing and when referenced, it
recursively dereferences to this reference. HEAD is a prime
example of a symref. Symbolic references are manipulated with the
git-symbolic-ref(1) command.
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Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-11 20:51 ref: with git update-ref? Bence Ferdinandy
2024-10-11 20:56 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-11 21:04 ` Bence Ferdinandy
2024-10-11 21:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-10-12 19:41 ` Bence Ferdinandy
2024-10-13 9:34 ` Phillip Wood
2024-10-13 10:07 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-13 12:09 ` karthik nayak
2024-10-13 15:39 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-13 20:40 ` Bence Ferdinandy
2024-10-14 15:06 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-15 19:03 ` [PATCH 0/6] doc: update-ref: amend old material and discuss symrefs kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-15 19:03 ` [PATCH 1/6] doc: update-ref: drop “flag” kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-16 20:45 ` Taylor Blau
2024-10-16 22:08 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-10-16 22:09 ` Taylor Blau
2024-10-17 15:30 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-17 16:31 ` Eric Sunshine
2024-10-17 18:50 ` Taylor Blau
2024-10-15 19:03 ` [PATCH 2/6] doc: update-ref: remove safety paragraphs kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-16 20:47 ` Taylor Blau
2024-10-15 19:03 ` [PATCH 3/6] doc: update-ref: demote symlink to last section kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-15 19:03 ` [PATCH 4/6] doc: update-ref: remove confusing paragraph kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-16 20:51 ` Taylor Blau
2024-10-16 20:55 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-16 20:57 ` Taylor Blau
2024-10-15 19:03 ` [PATCH 5/6] doc: update-ref: discuss symbolic links kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-15 19:08 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-16 20:52 ` Taylor Blau
2024-10-15 19:03 ` [PATCH 6/6] doc: mutually link update-ref and symbolic-ref kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-16 8:51 ` [PATCH 0/6] doc: update-ref: amend old material and discuss symrefs Bence Ferdinandy
2024-10-16 20:54 ` Taylor Blau
2024-10-16 21:00 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-19 19:59 ` [PATCH v2 " kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-19 19:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: drop “flag” kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-20 11:09 ` karthik nayak
2024-10-19 19:59 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: remove safety paragraphs kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-20 11:13 ` karthik nayak
2024-10-20 12:30 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-20 16:24 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2024-10-19 19:59 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: demote symlink to last section kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-19 19:59 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: remove confusing paragraph kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-19 19:59 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: discuss symbolic refs kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-19 19:59 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] Documentation: mutually link update-ref and symbolic-ref kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-20 11:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] doc: update-ref: amend old material and discuss symrefs karthik nayak
2024-10-21 20:47 ` [PATCH v3 " kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-21 20:47 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: drop “flag” kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-21 20:47 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: remove safety paragraphs kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-21 20:47 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: demote symlink to last section kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-21 20:47 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: remove confusing paragraph kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-21 20:47 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: discuss symbolic refs kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-21 20:47 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] Documentation: mutually link update-ref and symbolic-ref kristofferhaugsbakk
2024-10-21 20:50 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] doc: update-ref: amend old material and discuss symrefs Taylor Blau
2024-10-12 6:25 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
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