Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> 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. -- Kyle