On Thursday, 27 March 2025 12:13:32 CET Karthik Nayak wrote: > When updating multiple references through stdin, Git's update-ref > command normally aborts the entire transaction if any single update > fails. This atomic behavior prevents partial updates. Introduce a new > batch update system, where the updates the performed together similar > but individual updates are allowed to fail. > > Add a new `--batch-updates` flag that allows the transaction to continue > even when individual reference updates fail. This flag can only be used > in `--stdin` mode and builds upon the batch update support added to the > refs subsystem in the previous commits. When enabled, failed updates are > reported in the following format: > > rejected SP (<old-oid> | <old-target>) SP (<new-oid> | <new-target>) SP > <rejection-reason> LF > > Update the documentation to reflect this change and also tests to cover > different scenarios where an update could be rejected. > > Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc | 14 ++- > builtin/update-ref.c | 66 ++++++++++- > t/t1400-update-ref.sh | 233 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 306 insertions(+), 7 > deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc > b/Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc index 9e6935d38d..5be2c16776 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc > +++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.adoc > @@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ git-update-ref - Update the object name stored in a ref > safely > > SYNOPSIS > -------- > -[verse] > -'git update-ref' [-m <reason>] [--no-deref] (-d <ref> [<old-oid>] | > [--create-reflog] <ref> <new-oid> [<old-oid>] | --stdin [-z]) +[synopsis] > +git update-ref [-m <reason>] [--no-deref] -d <ref> [<old-oid>] > + [-m <reason>] [--no-deref] [--create-reflog] <ref> <new-oid> > [<old-oid>] + [-m <reason>] [--no-deref] --stdin [-z] > [--batch-updates] In the case of expressing alternative command line invocations, you need to repeat the "git update-ref" command on each line. Otherwise, it means that this is the continuation of possible options of one command > > DESCRIPTION > -----------
