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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
In-Reply-To: <20260630-pks-refs-writing-subcommands-v3-5-deb04de1ecef@pks.im>
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Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:31:46 +0200
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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