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Re: [RFC/PATCH] Enhance core.logallrefupdates

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 8, 2006, 10:03 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> This enhances core.logallrefupdates by allowing it to take
> "heads" as the value as well, which causes git to create missing
> reflog files automatically only for branch heads.  Usually tags
> are create-once-and-live-forever, and it is irritating to see
> reflog files created automatically every time a new tag is made.
> 
> As before, boolean "true" means create missing reflog files for
> all refs.
> 
> ---
> 
>  * Setting it to "tags" is not supported, as it does not make
>    much sense wanting to log only tag updates.
> 
>    Come to think of it, it might make sense to change the
>    meaning of "true" to do what this patch does.  I do not think
>    of reasons to create missing reflog for tags automatically
>    anyway.

If we change meaning of "true", perhaps (just in case in case) we should add "all" value?

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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