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Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:06:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:06:19 +0200 From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" To: "Karthik Nayak" , "Phillip Wood" , "Junio C Hamano" , "Bence Ferdinandy" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: <756c9e41-f53c-485e-b2e0-a67fdc9372b7@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <16d2d47c-5887-4658-b6db-996dac075828@app.fastmail.com> Subject: Re: with git update-ref? Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, Oct 13, 2024, at 14:09, karthik nayak wrote: > 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 added to talk about how the command de-references symbolic refs, > but it can be misinterpreted to mean that it does support symbolic refs > on the top level. > > Do either of you want to take a stab at updating the documentation here? I have some ideas. I think I should have something ready later this evening. -- Kristoffer Haugsbakk