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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-10-18 13:50:12 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-10-18 13:50:12 -0700
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Merge branch 'jc/reflog-doc'
Document rules to use GIT_REFLOG_ACTION variable in the scripted Porcelain. git-rebase--interactive locally violates them, but it is a leaf user that does not call out to or dot-source other scripts, so it does not urgently need to be fixed. * jc/reflog-doc: setup_reflog_action: document the rules for using GIT_REFLOG_ACTION
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die with the usage message.
set_reflog_action::
- set the message that will be recorded to describe the
- end-user action in the reflog, when the script updates a
- ref.
+ Set GIT_REFLOG_ACTION environment to a given string (typically
+ the name of the program) unless it is already set. Whenever
+ the script runs a `git` command that updates refs, a reflog
+ entry is created using the value of this string to leave the
+ record of what command updated the ref.
git_editor::
runs an editor of user's choice (GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, VISUAL or