oh-my-git/levels/low-level/symref-create

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[description]
2020-09-13 21:55:51 +02:00
Instead of pointing directly to objects, refs can also point to other refs!
When that happens, they are called "symbolic refs". You can create or update a symbolic ref using
git symbolic-ref <name> <ref>
2020-09-15 22:35:14 +02:00
Create a symbolic ref called "refs/rainbow"!
[setup]
[setup goal]
BLOB=$(git hash-object -w --stdin)
git update-ref refs/double "$BLOB"
git symbolic-ref refs/rainbow refs/double
[win]
git symbolic-ref refs/rainbow