Re: [PATCH 3/4] refs: drop force_create argument of create_reflog API

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 30, 2021, 21:03 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh7f63at2.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <048e2d17077f89049221e6e4a16b7e4143bc244c.1630334929.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
>
> There is only one caller, builtin/checkout.c, and it hardcodes
> force_create=1.

This dates back to abd0cd3a (refs: new public ref function: safe_create_reflog, 2015-07-21) and it seems that we never acquired the second caller to this helper.

Makes sense.

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