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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
Cc: Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git <git@vger.kernel.org>, Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwenn@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updates
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:04:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqk0y6cwst.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFQ2z_OgNQKZ23gNB9=LqPn2M=WKL2vPQQpxm3drRWeN1sxH_A@mail.gmail.com> (Han-Wen Nienhuys's message of "Mon, 10 Aug 2020 16:27:08 +0200")

Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> writes:

> Dealing with FETCH_HEAD generically isn't possible unless we extend
> the API of the ref backend: the generic ref_store instance doesn't
> offer a way to get at the path that corresponds to FETCH_HEAD, so we
> can't handle it in refs_read_raw_ref(). In the current reftable
> series, FETCH_HEAD is dealt with in the backends separately.

I am not sure what the best way would be, but I do not think any
existing code writes into it using the refs API at all, even though
it may be read only for the first object name using the refs API.

And I am not sure if we want to extend the write side API so that
the callers can express the full flexibility of that single file.

So perhaps the best way forward would be to ensure that anybody who
tries to read from FETCH_HEAD using the ref API reads the first
object name in it from $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD file as we've always done
since the beginning of time, regardless of what ref backend is used,
that anybody who tries to write FETCH_HEAD using the ref API gets an
error, and letting the writers write into it directly?




  reply	other threads:[~2020-08-10 16:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-06 17:29 [PATCH 0/2] Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updates Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-06 17:29 ` [PATCH 1/2] Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storage Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-06 20:26   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-07 13:56     ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-07-07 15:20       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-07 17:15         ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-07-07 18:14           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-06 17:29 ` [PATCH 2/2] Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-06 20:30   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-07  9:24     ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-07-09 21:11 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updates Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-09 21:11   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] t1400: use git rev-parse for testing PSEUDOREF existence Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-09 21:11   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storage Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-09 21:11   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-10 19:25   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updates Junio C Hamano
2020-07-16 18:45   ` [PATCH v3 " Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-16 18:45     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] t1400: use git rev-parse for testing PSEUDOREF existence Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-16 18:45     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storage Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-17  8:52       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-07-27 15:41         ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-07-16 18:45     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-16 22:09     ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updates Junio C Hamano
2020-07-27  8:50       ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-07-27 16:20         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-08-03 19:07           ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-08-03 20:07             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-08-05  1:45               ` Junio C Hamano
2020-08-05 10:48                 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-08-05 15:54                   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-08-10 14:27                     ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-08-10 16:04                       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-08-11 10:49                         ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-08-11 18:38                           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-08-19 13:19                     ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2020-08-19 15:52                       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-27 16:25     ` [PATCH v4 " Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-27 16:25       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] t1400: use git rev-parse for testing PSEUDOREF existence Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-27 16:25       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storage Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget
2020-07-27 16:25       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget

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