Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] builtin/refs: add ability to write references

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> Reference-related functionality in Git is currently spread across many
> different commands: git-update-ref(1), git-for-each-ref(1),
> git-show-ref(1), git-pack-refs(1) and git-symbolic-ref(1). This makes it
> hard for users to discover what functionality we have available to work
> with references.
>
> We have thus started to consolidate this functionality into git-refs(1),
> which is a toolbox of everything related to references. Until now, the
> command doesn't handle functionality of git-update-ref(1).
>
> This patch series backfills most of the functionality by introducing
> three new commands:
>
>   - `git refs delete` to delete references. This is the equivalent of
>     `git update-ref -d`.
>
>   - `git refs update` to update references. This is the equivalent of
>     `git update-ref <refname> <oldvalue> <newvalue>`.
>
>   - `git refs rename` to rename a reference, including its reflog. This
>     does not have an equivalent in git-update-ref(1), but is inspired by
>     and supersedes [1].
>
> Changes in v4:
>   - Add a couple more tests around symrefs.
>   - Use a subshell in one of the tests for consistency.
>   - Link to v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260630-pks-refs-writing-subcommands-v3-0-deb04de1ecef@pks.im

Good that this came just in time before I started merging things
down to 'next' ;-)  Will replace.