From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:53:06 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend
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In-Reply-To: <aYX7yZofAhc3xYkm@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 01:26:33PM +0100, Karthik Nayak wrote:
>> Git allows setting a different object directory via
>> 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY', but provides no equivalent for references. In
>> the previous commit we extended the 'extensions.refStorage' config to
>> also support an URI input for reference backend with location.
>>
>> Let's also add a new environment variable 'GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND' that
>> takes in the same input as the config variable. Having an environment
>> variable allows us to modify the reference backend and location on the
>> fly for individual git commands.
>
> s/git/Git/
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git.adoc b/Documentation/git.adoc
>> index ce099e78b8..ed3191e8f6 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git.adoc
>> +++ b/Documentation/git.adoc
>> @@ -584,6 +584,11 @@ double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value
>>  	repositories will be set to this value. The default is "files".
>>  	See `--ref-format` in linkgit:git-init[1].
>>
>> +`GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND`::
>> +    Specify which reference backend to be used along with its URI.
>> +    See `extensions.refStorage` option in linkgit:git-config[1] for more
>> +    description. Overrides the config variable when used.
>
> "for more description" reads a bit weird. How about "for more details"
> instead?
>
> Patrick

Will make both changes here.