From cd8e3711bf2dce3e2d18aac41e7f42242fbba338 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bert Wesarg Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:14:18 +0200 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt') 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/" - 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". -- cgit v1.2.3