On 7/18/2022 5:05 AM, SZEDER Gábor wrote:

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 01:07:00PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

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From: Derrick Stolee <redacted>

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+--update-refs::

So the option is called '--update-refs', but ...

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+--no-update-refs::
+	Automatically force-update any branches that point to commits that

... its description talks about "branches".

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+		OPT_BOOL(0, "update-refs", &options.update_refs,
+			 N_("update local refs that point to commits "

And its short help talks about "local refs".

I think at least the documentation and short help should use
consistent terminology.

Thanks for catching this. I think I should use "branches" here, but
keep the name "--update-refs". The biggest reason is that it provides
a nice parallel with the "update-ref" sequencer command. This command
allows updating _any_ ref, such as lightweight tags in refs/tags/*
or even refs in refs/my/namespace/*.

The --update-refs option doesn't create the commands to update tags
or refs in places other than refs/heads/*.

Thanks,
-Stolee