Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] refs: add support for transactional symref updates
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
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> I wouldn't say we can't do that. We already do log when symrefs become
> dangling when updating references via HEAD by logging a zero OID as new
> OID. That is, if we have "HEAD -> refs/heads/foo" and you delete the
> latter, then we create a new reflog message for "HEAD" with zero OID as
> new OID.
>
> I would claim that the current behaviour where we don't create a reflog
> entry when updating a ref to become dangling is a mere bug. I think it's
> fair to declare this a #leftoverbit and handle it in a follow-up patch
> series. But it would be nice to say so in an in-code comment.
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>