Re: [PATCH v6 7/8] update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updates
From: Eric Sunshine <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:58:43
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Brad King [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt index 0df13ff..0a0a551 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt@@ -58,6 +58,58 @@ archive by creating a symlink tree). +option:: + Modify behavior of the next command naming a <ref>. + The only valid option is `no-deref` to avoid dereferencing + a symbolic ref. + +Use 40 "0" or the empty string to specify a zero value, except that
Did you want an 's' after the "0"? 0's "0"s "0"'s zeros zeroes
+with `-z` an empty <oldvalue> is considered missing. + +If all <ref>s can be locked with matching <oldvalue>s +simultaneously, all modifications are performed. Otherwise, no +modifications are performed. Note that while each individual +<ref> is updated or deleted atomically, a concurrent reader may +still see a subset of the modifications.