Merge "Documentation/technical/reftable: document rename in reflog."

5 years ago · d44a30a27f
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--- a/Documentation/technical/reftable.md
+++ b/Documentation/technical/reftable.md
@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ supplied for the update.

 [update-ref]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-update-ref#_logging_updates

+Contrary to traditional reflog (which is a file), renames are encoded as a
+combination of ref deletion and ref creation.
+
+
 #### Reading the log

 Readers accessing the log must first read the footer (below) to