From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:55:10 GMT
Subject: git-update-ref bug? (was: [PATCH 2/2] checkout: fix attribute handling in checkout all)
Message-ID: <86fy2niiwh.fsf_-_@lola.quinscape.zz>
In-Reply-To: <86eji7lww5.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>>
>>     $ git update-ref --no-deref HEAD $(git rev-parse v1.5.3-rc4^0)
>
> Is there a fundamental difference to using
>
> git-symbolic-ref HEAD $(git rev-parse v1.5.3-rc4^0)
>
> here?

Apart from the fact that the latter works, and the former doesn't
because "--no-deref" is actually ignored?

-- 
David Kastrup