Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes:
> Now, going back to 4/6, I think create_reflog() function as an
> external API has a few problems.
>
> * Its name does not tell us what should happen when a reflog
> already exists for the refname the caller asked to "create"
> reflog for. I understand that this only makes sure it exists and
> does not destroy existing one. Its old name, log_ref_setup(),
> did not have this problem, but now it does.
> ...
> * Add a thin-wrapper for callers that do not care about the path to
> the log file, e.g.
>
> int vivify_reflog(const char *refname, struct strbuf *err)
> {
As usual, I am aware that I am not good at naming things (but I can
tell when somebody uses a bad name), and "vivify" may be a horrible
name for that. A reroll with a better name is very much welcomed.
Perhaps prepare-reflog? I dunno.
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