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| author | Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com> | 2011-07-11 13:14:18 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-07-12 20:11:14 +0400 |
| commit | cd8e3711bf2dce3e2d18aac41e7f42242fbba338 (patch) | |
| tree | e46397617278b584af2c0fbcddc8ccce4f51c625 /Documentation/config.txt | |
| parent | e923eaeb901ff056421b9007adcbbce271caa7b6 (diff) | |
Documentation: clearly specify what refs are honored by core.logAllRefUpdates
The documentation for logging updates in git-update-ref, doesn't make it
clear that only a specific subset of refs are honored by this variable.
Signed-off-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 4c36aa95b7..03c822a9ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -330,7 +330,9 @@ core.logAllRefUpdates:: SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but only when the file exists. If this configuration variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" - file is automatically created for branch heads. + file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under + refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/), + note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD. + This information can be used to determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". |