"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref] writes:
From: Derrick Stolee <redacted>
When a user runs 'git log', they expect a certain set of helpful
decorations. This includes:
* The HEAD ref
* Branches (refs/heads/)
* Stashes (refs/stash)
* Tags (refs/tags/)
* Remote branches (refs/remotes/)
* Replace refs (refs/replace/ or $GIT_REPLACE_REF_BASE)
Each of these namespaces was selected due to existing test cases that
verify these namespaces appear in the decorations. In particular,
stashes and replace refs can have custom colors from the
color.decorate.<slot> config option.
I _just_ noticed that refs/bisect/* isn't part of this list, but I'd
presume that users want to see those decorations (or I do, at least).
Was that an intentional omission?