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While we provide a couple of subcommands in git-reflog(1) to remove reflog entries, we don't provide any to write new entries. Obviously this is not an operation that really would be needed for many use cases out there, or otherwise people would have complained that such a command does not exist yet. But the introduction of the "reftable" backend changes the picture a bit, as it is now basically impossible to manually append a reflog entry if one wanted to do so due to the binary format. Plug this gap by introducing a simple "write" subcommand. For now, all this command does is to append a single new reflog entry with the given object IDs and message to the reflog. More specifically, it is not yet possible to: - Write multiple reflog entries at once. - Insert reflog entries at arbitrary indices. - Specify the date of the reflog entry. - Insert reflog entries that refer to nonexistent objects. If required, those features can be added at a future point in time. For now though, the new command aims to fulfill the most basic use cases while being as strict as possible when it comes to verifying parameters. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-reflog(1)
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=============
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NAME
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----
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git-reflog - Manage reflog information
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[synopsis]
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git reflog [show] [<log-options>] [<ref>]
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git reflog list
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git reflog exists <ref>
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git reflog write <ref> <old-oid> <new-oid> <message>
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git reflog delete [--rewrite] [--updateref]
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[--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] <ref>@{<specifier>}...
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git reflog drop [--all [--single-worktree] | <refs>...]
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git reflog expire [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>]
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[--rewrite] [--updateref] [--stale-fix]
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[--dry-run | -n] [--verbose] [--all [--single-worktree] | <refs>...]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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This command manages the information recorded in the reflogs.
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Reference logs, or "reflogs", record when the tips of branches and
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other references were updated in the local repository. Reflogs are
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useful in various Git commands, to specify the old value of a
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reference. For example, `HEAD@{2}` means "where HEAD used to be two
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moves ago", `master@{one.week.ago}` means "where master used to point
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to one week ago in this local repository", and so on. See
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linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for more details.
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The command takes various subcommands, and different options
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depending on the subcommand:
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The "show" subcommand (which is also the default, in the absence of
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any subcommands) shows the log of the reference provided in the
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command-line (or `HEAD`, by default). The reflog covers all recent
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actions, and in addition the `HEAD` reflog records branch switching.
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`git reflog show` is an alias for `git log -g --abbrev-commit
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--pretty=oneline`; see linkgit:git-log[1] for more information.
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The "list" subcommand lists all refs which have a corresponding reflog.
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The "exists" subcommand checks whether a ref has a reflog. It exits
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with zero status if the reflog exists, and non-zero status if it does
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not.
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The "write" subcommand writes a single entry to the reflog of a given
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reference. This new entry is appended to the reflog and will thus become
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the most recent entry. The reference name must be fully qualified. Both the old
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and new object IDs must not be abbreviated and must point to existing objects.
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The reflog message gets normalized.
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The "delete" subcommand deletes single entries from the reflog, but
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not the reflog itself. Its argument must be an _exact_ entry (e.g. "`git
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reflog delete master@{2}`"). This subcommand is also typically not used
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directly by end users.
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The "drop" subcommand completely removes the reflog for the specified
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references. This is in contrast to "expire" and "delete", both of which
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can be used to delete reflog entries, but not the reflog itself.
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The "expire" subcommand prunes older reflog entries. Entries older
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than `expire` time, or entries older than `expire-unreachable` time
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and not reachable from the current tip, are removed from the reflog.
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This is typically not used directly by end users -- instead, see
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linkgit:git-gc[1].
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OPTIONS
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-------
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Options for `show`
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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`git reflog show` accepts any of the options accepted by `git log`.
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Options for `delete`
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`git reflog delete` accepts options `--updateref`, `--rewrite`, `-n`,
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`--dry-run`, and `--verbose`, with the same meanings as when they are
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used with `expire`.
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Options for `drop`
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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`--all`::
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Drop the reflogs of all references from all worktrees.
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`--single-worktree`::
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By default when `--all` is specified, reflogs from all working
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trees are dropped. This option limits the processing to reflogs
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from the current working tree only.
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Options for `expire`
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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`--all`::
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Process the reflogs of all references.
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`--single-worktree`::
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By default when `--all` is specified, reflogs from all working
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trees are processed. This option limits the processing to reflogs
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from the current working tree only.
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`--expire=<time>`::
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Prune entries older than the specified time. If this option is
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not specified, the expiration time is taken from the
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configuration setting `gc.reflogExpire`, which in turn
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defaults to 90 days. `--expire=all` prunes entries regardless
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of their age; `--expire=never` turns off pruning of reachable
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entries (but see `--expire-unreachable`).
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`--expire-unreachable=<time>`::
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Prune entries older than `<time>` that are not reachable from
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the current tip of the branch. If this option is not
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specified, the expiration time is taken from the configuration
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setting `gc.reflogExpireUnreachable`, which in turn defaults
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to 30 days. `--expire-unreachable=all` prunes unreachable
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entries regardless of their age; `--expire-unreachable=never`
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turns off early pruning of unreachable entries (but see
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`--expire`).
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`--updateref`::
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Update the reference to the value of the top reflog entry (i.e.
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<ref>@\{0\}) if the previous top entry was pruned. (This
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option is ignored for symbolic references.)
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`--rewrite`::
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If a reflog entry's predecessor is pruned, adjust its "old"
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SHA-1 to be equal to the "new" SHA-1 field of the entry that
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now precedes it.
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`--stale-fix`::
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Prune any reflog entries that point to "broken commits". A
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broken commit is a commit that is not reachable from any of
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the reference tips and that refers, directly or indirectly, to
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a missing commit, tree, or blob object.
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This computation involves traversing all the reachable objects, i.e. it
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has the same cost as 'git prune'. It is primarily intended to fix
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corruption caused by garbage collecting using older versions of Git,
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which didn't protect objects referred to by reflogs.
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`-n`::
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`--dry-run`::
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Do not actually prune any entries; just show what would have
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been pruned.
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`--verbose`::
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Print extra information on screen.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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