From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] Documentation/git-history: document default for "--update-refs="
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:21:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqo6lsmued.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260213-b4-pks-history-dry-run-v2-5-756ac376e9e5@pks.im> (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:12:51 +0100")
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> While we document the values that can be passed to the "--update-refs="
> option, we don't give the user any hint what the default behaviour is.
> Document it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> ---
> Documentation/git-history.adoc | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-history.adoc b/Documentation/git-history.adoc
> index 4dbe665ec4..cc019de697 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-history.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/git-history.adoc
> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ OPTIONS
> Control which references will be updated by the command, if any. With
> `branches`, all local branches that point to commits which are
> descendants of the original commit will be rewritten. With `head`, only
> - the current `HEAD` reference will be rewritten.
> + the current `HEAD` reference will be rewritten. Defaults to `branches`.
Good to see the default clearly described. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-13 17:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-12 12:44 [PATCH 0/4] builtin/history: some smaller UI improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 12:44 ` [PATCH 1/4] builtin/history: perform revwalk checks before asking for user input Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 20:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13 5:51 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 17:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-12 12:44 ` [PATCH 2/4] builtin/history: check for merges " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 22:20 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-12 22:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13 5:51 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 5:51 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 13:42 ` Ben Knoble
2026-02-12 12:44 ` [PATCH 3/4] builtin/history: replace "--ref-action=print" with "--dry-run" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 20:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13 5:50 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 22:20 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-13 5:50 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 12:44 ` [PATCH 4/4] builtin/history: rename "--ref-action=" to "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] builtin/history: some smaller UI improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] builtin/history: perform revwalk checks before asking for user input Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 17:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] builtin/history: check for merges " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] builtin/history: replace "--ref-action=print" with "--dry-run" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 17:30 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-16 6:39 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 16:09 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] builtin/history: rename "--ref-action=" to "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 9:12 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] Documentation/git-history: document default for "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 17:21 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-16 6:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] builtin/history: some smaller UI improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16 6:45 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] builtin/history: perform revwalk checks before asking for user input Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16 6:45 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] builtin/history: check for merges " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16 6:45 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] builtin/history: replace "--ref-action=print" with "--dry-run" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16 6:45 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] builtin/history: rename "--ref-action=" to "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16 6:45 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] Documentation/git-history: document default for "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt
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