git-update-ref bug? (was: [PATCH 2/2] checkout: fix attribute handling in checkout all)

David Kastrup [off-list ref] writes:

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

    $ git update-ref --no-deref HEAD $(git rev-parse v1.5.3-rc4^0)

Is there a fundamental difference to using

git-symbolic-ref HEAD $(git rev-parse v1.5.3-rc4^0)

here?

Apart from the fact that the latter works, and the former doesn't
because "--no-deref" is actually ignored?

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David Kastrup