Record the type of commit operation in the reflog.
authorShawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:48:47 +0000 (22:48 -0400)
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:21:16 +0000 (21:21 -0700)
commita3a733e63bb8dfbd6921b8f405d652db1821d4fd
tree7ebf13c8bea66d7fbb6262f08f823bb958b05849
parent0b0fe4a65d24d7c17d72706e5cd179ecc7134721
Record the type of commit operation in the reflog.

If committing a merge (.git/MERGE_HEAD exists), an initial tree
(no HEAD) or using --amend to amend the prior commit then denote
the subtype of commit in the reflog.  This helps to distinguish
amended or merge commits from normal commits.

In the case of --amend the prior sha1 is probably the commit which
is being thrown away in favor of the new commit.  Since it is likely
that the old commit doesn't have any ref pointing to it anymore
it can be interesting to know why that the commit was replaced
and orphaned.

In the case of a merge the prior sha1 is probably the first parent
of the new merge commit.  Consequently having its prior sha1 in the
reflog is slightly less interesting but its still informative to
know the commit was the result of a merge which had to be completed
by hand.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
git-commit.sh
t/t1400-update-ref.sh