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[PATCH 6/6] doc: mutually link update-ref and symbolic-ref

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Kkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date
Oct 15, 2024, 19:03 UTC
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<9e775a65eb3ff49ded231aeeeddd59ccdce3c8a8.1729017728.git.code@khaugsbakk.name>
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>

These two commands are similar enough to acknowledge each other on their documentation pages.

See the previous commit where we discussed that option-less update-ref does not support updating symbolic refs but symbolic-ref does.

Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
---
 Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt | 4 ++++
 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt   | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
index 761b154bcbb..33ca381fde0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ default.
 symbolic ref were printed correctly, with status 1 if the requested
 name is not a symbolic ref, or 128 if another error occurs.
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-update-ref[1]
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
index 623c4d860eb..fada3f670eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ otherwise it will just try to read them and update them as a regular
 file (i.e. it will allow the filesystem to follow them, but will
 overwrite such a symlink to somewhere else with a regular filename).
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-symbolic-ref[1]
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
-- 
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Message 30 of 54 in “ref: with git update-ref?”
  1. Bence FerdinandyOct 11, 2024
  2. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 11, 2024
  3. Bence FerdinandyOct 11, 2024
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2024
  5. Bence FerdinandyOct 12, 2024
  6. Phillip WoodOct 13, 2024
  7. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 13, 2024
  8. karthik nayakOct 13, 2024
  9. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 13, 2024
  10. Bence FerdinandyOct 13, 2024
  11. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 14, 2024
  12. 0/6 doc: update-ref: amend old material and discuss symrefskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 15, 2024
  13. 1/6 doc: update-ref: drop “flag”kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 15, 2024
  14. Taylor BlauOct 16, 2024
  15. Eric SunshineOct 16, 2024
  16. Taylor BlauOct 16, 2024
  17. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 17, 2024
  18. Eric SunshineOct 17, 2024
  19. Taylor BlauOct 17, 2024
  20. 2/6 doc: update-ref: remove safety paragraphskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 15, 2024
  21. Taylor BlauOct 16, 2024
  22. 3/6 doc: update-ref: demote symlink to last sectionkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 15, 2024
  23. 4/6 doc: update-ref: remove confusing paragraphkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 15, 2024
  24. Taylor BlauOct 16, 2024
  25. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 16, 2024
  26. Taylor BlauOct 16, 2024
  27. 5/6 doc: update-ref: discuss symbolic linkskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 15, 2024
  28. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 15, 2024
  29. Taylor BlauOct 16, 2024
  30. 6/6 doc: mutually link update-ref and symbolic-refkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 15, 2024
  31. Bence FerdinandyOct 16, 2024
  32. Taylor BlauOct 16, 2024
  33. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 16, 2024
  34. 0/6 doc: update-ref: amend old material and discuss symrefskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 19, 2024
  35. 1/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: drop “flag”kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 19, 2024
  36. karthik nayakOct 20, 2024
  37. 2/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: remove safety paragraphskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 19, 2024
  38. karthik nayakOct 20, 2024
  39. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 20, 2024
  40. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 20, 2024
  41. 3/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: demote symlink to last sectionkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 19, 2024
  42. 4/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: remove confusing paragraphkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 19, 2024
  43. 5/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: discuss symbolic refskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 19, 2024
  44. 6/6 Documentation: mutually link update-ref and symbolic-refkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 19, 2024
  45. karthik nayakOct 20, 2024
  46. 0/6 doc: update-ref: amend old material and discuss symrefskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 21, 2024
  47. 1/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: drop “flag”kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 21, 2024
  48. 2/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: remove safety paragraphskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 21, 2024
  49. 3/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: demote symlink to last sectionkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 21, 2024
  50. 4/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: remove confusing paragraphkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 21, 2024
  51. 5/6 Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: discuss symbolic refskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 21, 2024
  52. 6/6 Documentation: mutually link update-ref and symbolic-refkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Oct 21, 2024
  53. Taylor BlauOct 21, 2024
  54. Andreas SchwabOct 12, 2024

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