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From: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>, git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] builtin/refs: add "rename" subcommand
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:31:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o6go2lgt.fsf@emacs.iotcl.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260630-pks-refs-writing-subcommands-v3-5-deb04de1ecef@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> Add a "rename" subcommand to git-refs(1) with the syntax:
>
>   $ git refs rename <oldref> <newref>
>
> It renames <oldref> together with its reflog to <newref>; even when used
> on a local branch ref, the current value and the reflog of the ref are
> the only things that are renamed. Document it and redirect casual users
> to "git branch -m" if that is what they wanted to do.
>
> Co-authored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-refs.adoc |   6 ++
>  builtin/refs.c              |  49 +++++++++++++++++
>  t/meson.build               |   1 +
>  t/t1467-refs-rename.sh      | 131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 187 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-refs.adoc b/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
> index e6a3528349..ce278c59bf 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ git refs optimize [--all] [--no-prune] [--auto] [--include <pattern>] [--exclude
>  git refs create [--message=<reason>] [--no-deref] [--create-reflog] <ref> <new-value>
>  git refs delete [--message=<reason>] [--no-deref] <ref> [<old-value>]
>  git refs update [--message=<reason>] [--no-deref] [--create-reflog] <ref> <new-value> [<old-value>]
> +git refs rename [--message=<reason>] <old-ref> <new-ref>

So symrefs cannot be renamed with this command?

-- 
Cheers,
Toon

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-03 14:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ 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
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
2026-06-29 20:58     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-30 10:31       ` 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
2026-06-29 20:52   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-30 10:31     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-30 11:49 ` [PATCH v3 " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-30 11:49   ` [PATCH v3 1/5] builtin/refs: drop `the_repository` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-30 11:49   ` [PATCH v3 2/5] builtin/refs: add "delete" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-03 10:54     ` Toon Claes
2026-07-03 12:38       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-30 11:49   ` [PATCH v3 3/5] builtin/refs: add "update" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-30 11:49   ` [PATCH v3 4/5] builtin/refs: add "create" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-03 14:19     ` Toon Claes
2026-07-06  7:12       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-30 11:49   ` [PATCH v3 5/5] builtin/refs: add "rename" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-03 14:31     ` Toon Claes [this message]
2026-07-06  7:12       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-30 19:16   ` [PATCH v3 0/5] builtin/refs: add ability to write references Junio C Hamano
2026-07-06 13:27 ` [PATCH v4 " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-06 13:27   ` [PATCH v4 1/5] builtin/refs: drop `the_repository` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-06 13:27   ` [PATCH v4 2/5] builtin/refs: add "delete" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-06 13:27   ` [PATCH v4 3/5] builtin/refs: add "update" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-06 13:27   ` [PATCH v4 4/5] builtin/refs: add "create" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-06 13:27   ` [PATCH v4 5/5] builtin/refs: add "rename" subcommand Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-06 14:57   ` [PATCH v4 0/5] builtin/refs: add ability to write references Junio C Hamano

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