Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] refs: add option core.logAllRefUpdates = always

From: Cornelius Weig <cornelius.weig@tngtech.com>
Date: Jan 31, 2017, 20:28 UTC
Message-ID: <ce8f90a6-d719-63c7-95d0-b2538270e263@tngtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbmunrwbf.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On 01/31/2017 06:08 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> I think it is probably a good idea to document the behaviour
> (i.e. "--no-create" single-shot from the command line is ignored).
> I am not sure we should error out, though, in order to "disallow"
> it---a documented silent no-op may be sufficient.

Yes, maybe abort on seeing "--no-create-reflog" is a too drastic measure. I presume that the best place to have the documentation would be to print a warning when seeing the ignored argument?

Or did you just have man pages and code comment in mind?

Cheers,
  Cornelius

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