Re: [PATCH] logging branch deletion to help recovering from mistakes

From: Casey Dahlin <cdahlin@redhat.com>
Date: Dec 7, 2010, 16:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20101207162358.GT355@fearengine.rdu.redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vlj42siu5.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 01:16:18PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> This adds core.logrefdeletion configuration variable (enabled by default
> in a repository with a work tree, just like core.logallrefupdates), and
> logs deletion of refs via "update-ref -d", "branch -d", etc.
> 
> "git branch" learns a new "--list-deleted" option to help users view the
> names of branches and the commit objects that were at the tip of them when
> the branches were deleted.
>

Could commits made onto a detached head also show up here? Or is that better thwarted with another mechanism?

--CJD