Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] builtin/refs: add "rename" subcommand

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 04:31:46PM +0200, Toon Claes wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> > 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?

Indeed, we don't support renaming symbolic references at all. This is a
limitation of our backends, even though it's not necessariliy a sensible
one.

Patrick