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[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