On 11/10/2024 22:28, Junio C Hamano wrote:
"Bence Ferdinandy" <bence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Fri Oct 11, 2024 at 22:56, Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
`ref: refs/remotes/origin/test`? (space after colon)
I tried a couple of variations and no:
❯ git update-ref --no-deref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 'ref: refs/remotes/origin/test'
fatal: ref: refs/remotes/origin/test: not a valid SHA1
❯ git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 'ref: refs/remotes/origin/test'
fatal: ref: refs/remotes/origin/test: not a valid SHA1
❯ git update-ref --no-deref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 'ref:refs/remotes/origin/test'
fatal: ref:refs/remotes/origin/test: not a valid SHA1
❯ git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 'ref:refs/remotes/origin/test'
fatal: ref:refs/remotes/origin/test: not a valid SHA1
I guess the intended way of doing this is via git symbolic-ref anyway, but I'm
curious if this should work somehow or I'm misinterpreting the meaning of that
sentence.
I do not think update-ref is a tool to modify a symbolic-ref.
Didn't we add support for symbolic-refs to update-ref with
'kn/update-ref-symref'? Maybe it only works with --stdin? I've Cc'd
Karthik for clarification on how it is supposed to work.
Best Wishes
Phillip
Moreover, the mention of "ref:" is meant to be for those who are
overly curious for their own good and go peek into their .git/
directory; script writers should not have to know such an
implementation detail.
: ask what the current state is.
$ git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
fatal: ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD is not a symbolic ref
: set it
$ git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main
: inspect the result
$ git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
refs/remotes/origin/master
Thanks.
