On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 05:50:47PM +0200, Angelo Borsotti wrote: > correct, there will be no file overwriting because no files are > written on the work tree. > I tried to follow the actions of the program, but did not quite catch > the 6. you mention. It is the "oldval" parameter to refs.c:update_ref. Or if you are using the "git update-ref" plumbing, it is the "oldvalue" parameter. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html