From c517725b8c4fcd379a72acd4c4236b26b995bc25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Han-Wen Nienhuys Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:16:32 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/technical/reftable: document rename in reflog. Change-Id: I0fe7d28a772b1ee9eefd9a38bff5e08a8559988f Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys --- Documentation/technical/reftable.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/reftable.md b/Documentation/technical/reftable.md index 47c61a350..5140e624e 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/reftable.md +++ b/Documentation/technical/reftable.md @@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ supplied for the update. [update-ref]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-update-ref#_logging_updates +Contrary to traditional reflog (which is a file), renames are encoded as a +combination of ref deletion and ref creation. + + #### Reading the log Readers accessing the log must first read the footer (below) to