You can do it for arbitrary refs: git update-ref -m "reset: Reset <branch> to <new commit>" <ref> <commit>
.
You can pick nits about the reflog message if you like - I believe the branch -f
one is different from the reset --hard
one, and this isn't exactly either of them.
You have to use the full reference name for <ref>
: not <branch>
, but refs/heads/<branch>
.