Re: [PATCH 1/3] delete_refs(): accept a reflog message argument

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
>>> diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
>>> index 9fbff90e7..81627a63d 100644
>>> --- a/refs.h
>>> +++ b/refs.h
>>> @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ int reflog_exists(const char *refname);
>>>   * be NULL_SHA1. flags is passed through to ref_transaction_delete().
>>>   */
>>>  int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *old_sha1,
>>> -	       unsigned int flags);
>>> +	       unsigned int flags, const char *msg);
>>
>> Should the "msg" argument go at the beginning, to match update_ref()?
>
> Probably.  rename/create have the message at the end but their
> parameters are very different from update/delete.  The parameters
> update and delete take are not identical, but we can view them as a
> lot more similar than the other two.  So I think it makes sense for
> delete to try matching update, even though trying to make all four
> the same may proabably be pointless.