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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] builtin/refs: add "update" subcommand
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:11:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqwlvxz7rr.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ajJMnZchqdpiuKTg@pks.im> (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:28:29 +0200")

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> We can:
>
>     $ git update-ref $NEW_OID $NULL_OID
>     $ git refs update $NEW_OID $NULL_OID
>
> This will verify that the reference doesn't exist before actually
> writing it. Will add a test.

I think refname is missing from the command line, but the above is
good.  I forgot we had update-ref already doing that ;-)

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-17 12:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-16  8:44 [PATCH 0/4] builtin/refs: add ability to write references Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-16  8:44 ` [PATCH 1/4] builtin/refs: drop `the_repository` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-16  8:44 ` [PATCH 2/4] builtin/refs: add "delete" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-16  8:44 ` [PATCH 3/4] builtin/refs: add "update" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-16 11:17   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-17  7:28     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 12:11       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-06-16 14:52   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-17  7:28     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-16  8:44 ` [PATCH 4/4] builtin/refs: add "rename" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-16 14:53   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-17  7:28     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 12:13       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-17 10:15 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] builtin/refs: add ability to write references Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 10:15   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] builtin/refs: drop `the_repository` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 10:15   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] builtin/refs: add "delete" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 10:16   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] builtin/refs: add "update" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 10:16   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] builtin/refs: add "create" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 10:16   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] builtin/refs: add "rename" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17 12:26   ` [PATCH v2 0/5] builtin/refs: add ability to write references Junio C Hamano

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