Re: [PATCH v3] update-ref: add --rename option

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> A slight tangent: this is part of why I really don't like commands that
> determine their mode via flags: you now have to worry about every
> combination of flags and whether they even make sense. With subcommands
> we at least only have to worry about the set of flags that directly
> apply to that given subcommand.
>
> Makes me wonder whether I should have a look at extending git-refs(1)
> further:
>
>     git refs delete <ref> [<oldvalue>]
>     git refs update <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>]
>     git refs rename <ref> <oldname> <newname>
>
> I always wanted to do this eventually so that we have one top-level
> command that knows how to do "everything refs".

That may indeed be a better direction to go, but isn't update-ref
the "everything refs" command already?