Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable reflogs by default in any repository with a working directory.

From: "J. Bruce Fields" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:42:53 -0500

On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 06:18:32PM -0500, Shawn Pearce wrote:
> "J. Bruce Fields" <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > Stupid question--I assume a mention in the reflog doesn't count as a
> > real reference to an object, so they won't save you in the case when you
> > pruned recently?
> 
> Not a stupid question.  Your assumption is correct, its not a real
> reference, so prune will remove things that the log mentions but
> that refs don't currently mention.

OK, thanks.  So we just need to make sure that's documented someplace.