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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | refs.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 84e38911e..232e2a973 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -71,12 +71,16 @@ core.preferSymlinkRefs:: expect HEAD to be a symbolic link. core.logAllRefUpdates:: - If true, `git-update-ref` will append a line to - "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" listing the new SHA1 and the date/time - of the update. If the file does not exist it will be - created automatically. This information can be used to - determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". - This value is false by default (no logging). + Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file + "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old + SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but + only when the file exists. If this configuration + variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" + file is automatically created for branch heads. + + This information can be used to determine what commit + was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". This value is + false by default (no automated creation of log files). core.repositoryFormatVersion:: Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout @@ -721,7 +721,8 @@ static int log_ref_write(struct ref_lock *lock, char *logrec; const char *committer; - if (log_all_ref_updates) { + if (log_all_ref_updates && + !strncmp(lock->ref_name, "refs/heads/", 11)) { if (safe_create_leading_directories(lock->log_file) < 0) return error("unable to create directory for %s", lock->log_file); |