depending on the subcommand:
[verse]
-'git reflog expire' [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose]
- [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--all] <refs>...
-'git reflog delete' ref@\{specifier\}...
'git reflog' ['show'] [log-options] [<ref>]
+'git reflog expire' [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>]
+ [--rewrite] [--updateref] [--stale-fix]
+ [--dry-run] [--verbose] [--all | <refs>...]
+'git reflog delete' [--rewrite] [--updateref]
+ [--dry-run] [--verbose] ref@\{specifier\}...
+
+Reference logs, or "reflogs", record when the tips of branches and
+other references were updated in the local repository. Reflogs are
+useful in various Git commands, to specify the old value of a
+reference. For example, `HEAD@{2}` means "where HEAD used to be two
+moves ago", `master@{one.week.ago}` means "where master used to point
+to one week ago in this local repository", and so on. See
+linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for more details.
+
+This command manages the information recorded in the reflogs.
+
+The "show" subcommand (which is also the default, in the absence of
+any subcommands) shows the log of the reference provided in the
+command-line (or `HEAD`, by default). The reflog covers all recent
+actions, and in addition the `HEAD` reflog records branch switching.
+`git reflog show` is an alias for `git log -g --abbrev-commit
+--pretty=oneline`; see linkgit:git-log[1] for more information.
+
+The "expire" subcommand prunes older reflog entries. Entries older
+than `expire` time, or entries older than `expire-unreachable` time
+and not reachable from the current tip, are removed from the reflog.
+This is typically not used directly by end users -- instead, see
+linkgit:git-gc[1].
+
+The "delete" subcommand deletes single entries from the reflog. Its
+argument must be an _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git reflog delete
+master@{2}`"). This subcommand is also typically not used directly by
+end users.
-Reflog is a mechanism to record when the tip of branches are
-updated. This command is to manage the information recorded in it.
-The subcommand "expire" is used to prune older reflog entries.
-Entries older than `expire` time, or entries older than
-`expire-unreachable` time and not reachable from the current
-tip, are removed from the reflog. This is typically not used
-directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit:git-gc[1].
-
-The subcommand "show" (which is also the default, in the absence of any
-subcommands) will take all the normal log options, and show the log of
-the reference provided in the command-line (or `HEAD`, by default).
-The reflog will cover all recent actions (HEAD reflog records branch switching
-as well). It is an alias for `git log -g --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline`;
-see linkgit:git-log[1].
+OPTIONS
+-------
-The reflog is useful in various Git commands, to specify the old value
-of a reference. For example, `HEAD@{2}` means "where HEAD used to be
-two moves ago", `master@{one.week.ago}` means "where master used to
-point to one week ago", and so on. See linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for
-more details.
+Options for `show`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-To delete single entries from the reflog, use the subcommand "delete"
-and specify the _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git reflog delete master@{2}`").
+`git reflog show` accepts any of the options accepted by `git log`.
-OPTIONS
--------
+Options for `expire`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
---stale-fix::
- This revamps the logic -- the definition of "broken commit"
- becomes: a commit that is not reachable from any of the refs and
- there is a missing object among the commit, tree, or blob
- objects reachable from it that is not reachable from any of the
- refs.
-+
-This computation involves traversing all the reachable objects, i.e. it
-has the same cost as 'git prune'. Fortunately, once this is run, we
-should not have to ever worry about missing objects, because the current
-prune and pack-objects know about reflogs and protect objects referred by
-them.
+--all::
+ Process the reflogs of all references.
--expire=<time>::
- Entries older than this time are pruned. Without the
- option it is taken from configuration `gc.reflogExpire`,
- which in turn defaults to 90 days. --expire=all prunes
- entries regardless of their age; --expire=never turns off
- pruning of reachable entries (but see --expire-unreachable).
+ Prune entries older than the specified time. If this option is
+ not specified, the expiration time is taken from the
+ configuration setting `gc.reflogExpire`, which in turn
+ defaults to 90 days. `--expire=all` prunes entries regardless
+ of their age; `--expire=never` turns off pruning of reachable
+ entries (but see `--expire-unreachable`).
--expire-unreachable=<time>::
- Entries older than this time and not reachable from
- the current tip of the branch are pruned. Without the
- option it is taken from configuration
- `gc.reflogExpireUnreachable`, which in turn defaults to
- 30 days. --expire-unreachable=all prunes unreachable
- entries regardless of their age; --expire-unreachable=never
+ Prune entries older than `<time>` that are not reachable from
+ the current tip of the branch. If this option is not
+ specified, the expiration time is taken from the configuration
+ setting `gc.reflogExpireUnreachable`, which in turn defaults
+ to 30 days. `--expire-unreachable=all` prunes unreachable
+ entries regardless of their age; `--expire-unreachable=never`
turns off early pruning of unreachable entries (but see
- --expire).
-
---all::
- Instead of listing <refs> explicitly, prune all refs.
+ `--expire`).
--updateref::
- Update the ref with the sha1 of the top reflog entry (i.e.
- <ref>@\{0\}) after expiring or deleting.
+ Update the reference to the value of the top reflog entry (i.e.
+ <ref>@\{0\}) if the previous top entry was pruned. (This
+ option is ignored for symbolic references.)
--rewrite::
- While expiring or deleting, adjust each reflog entry to ensure
- that the `old` sha1 field points to the `new` sha1 field of the
- previous entry.
+ If a reflog entry's predecessor is pruned, adjust its "old"
+ SHA-1 to be equal to the "new" SHA-1 field of the entry that
+ now precedes it.
+
+--stale-fix::
+ Prune any reflog entries that point to "broken commits". A
+ broken commit is a commit that is not reachable from any of
+ the reference tips and that refers, directly or indirectly, to
+ a missing commit, tree, or blob object.
++
+This computation involves traversing all the reachable objects, i.e. it
+has the same cost as 'git prune'. It is primarily intended to fix
+corruption caused by garbage collecting using older versions of Git,
+which didn't protect objects referred to by reflogs.
+
+-n::
+--dry-run::
+ Do not actually prune any entries; just show what would have
+ been pruned.
--verbose::
Print extra information on screen.
+
+Options for `delete`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`git reflog delete` accepts options `--updateref`, `--rewrite`, `-n`,
+`--dry-run`, and `--verbose`, with the same meanings as when they are
+used with `expire`.
+
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
struct lock_file *lk;
unsigned char old_sha1[20];
int lock_fd;
- int force_write;
};
/*
int type, lflags;
int mustexist = (old_sha1 && !is_null_sha1(old_sha1));
int resolve_flags = 0;
- int missing = 0;
int attempts_remaining = 3;
lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ref_lock));
orig_refname, strerror(errno));
goto error_return;
}
- missing = is_null_sha1(lock->old_sha1);
- /* When the ref did not exist and we are creating it,
- * make sure there is no existing ref that is packed
- * whose name begins with our refname, nor a ref whose
- * name is a proper prefix of our refname.
+ /*
+ * If the ref did not exist and we are creating it, make sure
+ * there is no existing packed ref whose name begins with our
+ * refname, nor a packed ref whose name is a proper prefix of
+ * our refname.
*/
- if (missing &&
+ if (is_null_sha1(lock->old_sha1) &&
!is_refname_available(refname, skip, get_packed_refs(&ref_cache))) {
last_errno = ENOTDIR;
goto error_return;
lock->ref_name = xstrdup(refname);
lock->orig_ref_name = xstrdup(orig_refname);
ref_file = git_path("%s", refname);
- if (missing)
- lock->force_write = 1;
- if ((flags & REF_NODEREF) && (type & REF_ISSYMREF))
- lock->force_write = 1;
retry:
switch (safe_create_leading_directories(ref_file)) {
error("unable to lock %s for update", newrefname);
goto rollback;
}
- lock->force_write = 1;
hashcpy(lock->old_sha1, orig_sha1);
if (write_ref_sha1(lock, orig_sha1, logmsg)) {
error("unable to write current sha1 into %s", newrefname);
goto rollbacklog;
}
- lock->force_write = 1;
flag = log_all_ref_updates;
log_all_ref_updates = 0;
if (write_ref_sha1(lock, orig_sha1, NULL))
static char term = '\n';
struct object *o;
- if (!lock) {
- errno = EINVAL;
- return -1;
- }
- if (!lock->force_write && !hashcmp(lock->old_sha1, sha1)) {
- unlock_ref(lock);
- return 0;
- }
o = parse_object(sha1);
if (!o) {
error("Trying to write ref %s with nonexistent object %s",
int flags = update->flags;
if ((flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) && !is_null_sha1(update->new_sha1)) {
- if (write_ref_sha1(update->lock, update->new_sha1,
- update->msg)) {
+ int overwriting_symref = ((update->type & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
+ (update->flags & REF_NODEREF));
+
+ if (!overwriting_symref
+ && !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) {
+ /*
+ * The reference already has the desired
+ * value, so we don't need to write it.
+ */
+ unlock_ref(update->lock);
+ update->lock = NULL;
+ } else if (write_ref_sha1(update->lock, update->new_sha1,
+ update->msg)) {
update->lock = NULL; /* freed by write_ref_sha1 */
strbuf_addf(err, "Cannot update the ref '%s'.",
update->refname);
ret = TRANSACTION_GENERIC_ERROR;
goto cleanup;
+ } else {
+ /* freed by write_ref_sha1(): */
+ update->lock = NULL;
}
- update->lock = NULL; /* freed by write_ref_sha1 */
}
}
struct ref_lock *lock;
char *log_file;
int status = 0;
+ int type;
memset(&cb, 0, sizeof(cb));
cb.flags = flags;
* reference itself, plus we might need to update the
* reference if --updateref was specified:
*/
- lock = lock_ref_sha1_basic(refname, sha1, NULL, 0, NULL);
+ lock = lock_ref_sha1_basic(refname, sha1, NULL, 0, &type);
if (!lock)
return error("cannot lock ref '%s'", refname);
if (!reflog_exists(refname)) {
(*cleanup_fn)(cb.policy_cb);
if (!(flags & EXPIRE_REFLOGS_DRY_RUN)) {
+ /*
+ * It doesn't make sense to adjust a reference pointed
+ * to by a symbolic ref based on expiring entries in
+ * the symbolic reference's reflog. Nor can we update
+ * a reference if there are no remaining reflog
+ * entries.
+ */
+ int update = (flags & EXPIRE_REFLOGS_UPDATE_REF) &&
+ !(type & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
+ !is_null_sha1(cb.last_kept_sha1);
+
if (close_lock_file(&reflog_lock)) {
status |= error("couldn't write %s: %s", log_file,
strerror(errno));
- } else if ((flags & EXPIRE_REFLOGS_UPDATE_REF) &&
+ } else if (update &&
(write_in_full(lock->lock_fd,
sha1_to_hex(cb.last_kept_sha1), 40) != 40 ||
write_str_in_full(lock->lock_fd, "\n") != 1 ||
} else if (commit_lock_file(&reflog_lock)) {
status |= error("unable to commit reflog '%s' (%s)",
log_file, strerror(errno));
- } else if ((flags & EXPIRE_REFLOGS_UPDATE_REF) && commit_ref(lock)) {
+ } else if (update && commit_ref(lock)) {
status |= error("couldn't set %s", lock->ref_name);
}
}