On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 11:35 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> 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.
I'll try safe_create_reflog, by analogy to safe_create_leading_dirs.
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