Re: [RFC] Teach git-branch howto rename a branch

From: Lars Hjemli <lh@elementstorage.no>
Date: Nov 25, 2006, 09:16 UTC
Message-ID: <8c5c35580611250116h466e3649p2630ee6641b6e6f4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20061125085731.GG4528@spearce.org>

On 11/25/06, Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:

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> Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > And of course reflog should store the fact of renaming branch.
>
> Yes, I think that's a worthwhile thing to log.  Problem is the
> logging system tends to throw away pointless entries (sha1 ->
> same sha1) so the rename log entry needs to be forced somehow...

Is it ok to put

static int log_ref_write(struct ref_lock *lock,
	const unsigned char *sha1, const char *msg)

into refs.h?

Then it should be possibly to do something like this:

  lock = lock_ref_sha1(ref, sha1);
  lock->force_write = 1;
  log_ref_write(lock, sha1, "Renamed oldname to newname");
  unlock_ref(lock);

...after moving the reflog...