From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] reflog: implement subcommand to drop reflogs
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:28:19 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqbjuccyz0.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z8rdg90kxmKHHbyh@pks.im> (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Fri, 7 Mar 2025 12:50:27 +0100")
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
>> +The "drop" subcommand removes the reflog for the specified references.
>> +In contrast, "expire" can be used to prune all entries from a reflog,
>> +but the reflog itself will still exist for that reference. To fully
>> +remove the reflog for specific references, use the "drop" subcommand.
>
> The last sentence feels like pointless duplication to me. We should
> likely also point out how it is different from "delete". How about:
>
> The "drop" subcommand completely removes the reflog for the
> specified references. This is in contrast to "expire" and "delete",
> both of which can be used to delete reflog entries, but not the
> reflog itself.
>
> It might also be useful to add a comment to "delete" to say that it
> deletes entries, but not the reflog.
Good.
>> +#define BUILTIN_REFLOG_DROP_USAGE \
>> + N_("git reflog drop [--all | <refs>...]")
>> +
We need a matching change to Documentation/git-reflog.adoc file,
too, right?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-07 21:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-07 11:17 [PATCH 0/2] EDITME: cover title for 493-add-command-to-purge-reflog-entries Karthik Nayak
2025-03-07 11:17 ` [PATCH 1/2] reflog: drop usage of global variables Karthik Nayak
2025-03-07 21:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-03-10 11:41 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-03-10 15:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-03-13 13:30 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-03-07 11:17 ` [PATCH 2/2] reflog: implement subcommand to drop reflogs Karthik Nayak
2025-03-07 11:50 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-03-07 12:53 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-03-07 12:59 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-03-07 13:28 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-03-07 13:28 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-03-07 21:28 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-03-10 11:28 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-03-10 7:39 ` [PATCH 0/2] EDITME: cover title for 493-add-command-to-purge-reflog-entries Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-03-10 12:34 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-03-10 15:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-03-10 12:36 ` [PATCH v2] reflog: implement subcommand to drop reflogs Karthik Nayak
2025-03-12 7:15 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-03-13 14:24 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-03-13 14:45 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-03-14 8:40 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] " Karthik Nayak
2025-03-14 8:40 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] reflog: improve error for when reflog is not found Karthik Nayak
2025-03-14 8:40 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] reflog: implement subcommand to drop reflogs Karthik Nayak
2025-03-18 14:01 ` Christian Couder
2025-03-18 17:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-03-19 8:17 ` Christian Couder
2025-03-19 9:06 ` Karthik Nayak
2025-03-18 15:56 ` Toon Claes
2025-03-19 9:16 ` Karthik Nayak
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