From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Chris Forbes" Subject: RE: [PATCH] Remove restriction on notes ref base Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 12:28:32 +1300 Message-ID: <62BAFF6485708A40A8955546574E52655362DE@server01.FarmWorks.local> References: <1288657003-17802-1-git-send-email-kroot@google.com> <7vsjzj1v49.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <201011022358.11340.johan@herland.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT To: X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Nov 04 21:19:03 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PE6Gz-0002u2-6a for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:19:01 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752696Ab0KDUSn (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:18:43 -0400 Received: from farmworkspfs.co.nz ([219.89.194.176]:24813 "EHLO farmworkspfs.co.nz" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752476Ab0KDUSl convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:18:41 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 161406 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:18:41 EDT In-Reply-To: <201011022358.11340.johan@herland.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [PATCH] Remove restriction on notes ref base Thread-Index: Act64SGVigrcJyTWQw2Pu23DHoz53QAA+FOA Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi > Although I'm starting to wonder whether our remote -> local refspec mappings > are getting too varied (i.e. confusing). Currently we have: > Remote repo -> Local repo > ------------------------------------------------ > refs/heads/* refs/remotes/$remote/* > refs/tags/* refs/tags/* What's the rationale for the implicit/magic behaviour for tags? It causes plenty of confusion for new users, etc. -- Chris Forbes