Git 1.7.10-rc4

[git.git] / Documentation / git-update-ref.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
index 9639f705afafab6fcf0cd21ad2693627ab42f66d..d377a352433cb38536f42c5b3fc6b80ae2b11f7f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-update-ref - Update the object name stored in a ref safely
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> [<oldvalue>] | [--no-deref] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>])
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ still contains <oldvalue>.
 
 Logging Updates
 ---------------
-If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true or the file
-"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append
+If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true and the ref is one under
+"refs/heads/", "refs/remotes/", "refs/notes/", or the symbolic ref HEAD; or
+the file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append
 a line to the log file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" (dereferencing all
 symbolic refs before creating the log name) describing the change
 in ref value.  Log lines are formatted as:
@@ -84,10 +86,6 @@ An update will fail (without changing <ref>) if the current user is
 unable to create a new log file, append to the existing log file
 or does not have committer information available.
 
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite