On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 04:31:46PM +0200, Toon Claes wrote:

Patrick Steinhardt [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

diff --git a/Documentation/git-refs.adoc b/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
index e6a3528349..ce278c59bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-refs.adoc

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ git refs optimize [--all] [--no-prune] [--auto] [--include <pattern>] [--exclude
 git refs create [--message=<reason>] [--no-deref] [--create-reflog] <ref> <new-value>
 git refs delete [--message=<reason>] [--no-deref] <ref> [<old-value>]
 git refs update [--message=<reason>] [--no-deref] [--create-reflog] <ref> <new-value> [<old-value>]
+git refs rename [--message=<reason>] <old-ref> <new-ref>

So symrefs cannot be renamed with this command?

Indeed, we don't support renaming symbolic references at all. This is a
limitation of our backends, even though it's not necessariliy a sensible
one.

Patrick