Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Make old sha1 optional with git update-ref -d

Karl Hasselström [off-list ref] writes:

Giving the old sha1 is already optional when changing a ref, and it's
quite handy when running update-ref manually. So make it optional for
deleting a ref too.

Signed-off-by: Karl Hasselström <redacted>

"Handy" is not a very good reason when talking about plumbing command like
update-ref that takes an extra parameter for safety of the last step in
read, operate, verify-and-update sequence.

Although it is not a reason _bad enough_ to make your patch a bad idea,
perhaps you should rethink the problem at the same time?  Whatever you are
trying to do cannot be done without manually invoking update-ref directly
by the end user, perhaps that needs to be addressed?