Kyle Meyer <k...@kyleam.com> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> Do we even want these "internal" delete_ref() invocations to be
>> logged in HEAD's reflog?  I understand that this is inside the
>> implementation of renaming an old ref to a new ref, and reflog
>> message given to delete_ref() would matter only if the HEAD happens
>> to be pointing at old ref---but then HEAD will be repointed to the
>> new ref by somebody else [*1*] that called this function to rename
>> old to new and it _will_ log it.
>
> I know the discussion has developed further, but just a note that I
> think the last statement is inaccurate: currently, a rename will not be
> recorded in HEAD's log.  "git branch -m" will show a renaming event in
> the new branch's log, but the only trace of the event in HEAD's log is
> the deletion entry with an empty message.

Yes, I think Peff diagnosed it and suggested a fix.

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