From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] Cloning with remote unborn HEAD
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:23:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877dnpdybo.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210202022254.1793991-1-jonathantanmy@google.com>
On Tue, Feb 02 2021, Jonathan Tan wrote:
>> > I really don't care much, but this really needs a corresponding
>> > documentation update. I.e. something like:
>> >
>> > init.defaultBranch::
>> > Allows overriding the default branch name e.g. when initializing a
>> > new repository or when cloning an empty repository.
>> >
>> > When cloning a repository over protocol v2 (i.e. ssh://, https://,
>> > file://, but not a /some/path), and if that repository has
>> > init.defaultBranch configured, the server will advertise its
>> > preferred default branch name, and we'll take its configuration over
>> > ours.
>>
>> Thanks - I'll use some of your wording, but I think it's best to leave
>> open the possibility that cloning using protocol v0 or the disk clone
>> (/some/path) copies over the current HEAD as well.
>
> Looking back on this, I think that it's natural to think that both an
> empty repository and a non-empty one have a HEAD that points somewhere,
> and "git clone" would behave the same way in both cases. So I'll hold
> off on the documentation change.
You mean for a v6 it'll do the same thing in the local clone case too
and thus we won't need to document the exception? Sounds good.
I was mainly pointing out the need to document the current divergent
behavior.
Documenting that something isn't consistent shouldn't be seen as a
blessing that the divergence is a good idea, it's an aid to our users so
they can understand why their git version does X when they might be
expecting Y.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-03 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-08 1:31 Cloning empty repository uses locally configured default branch name Jonathan Tan
2020-12-08 2:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-08 2:32 ` brian m. carlson
2020-12-08 18:55 ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-08 21:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-08 15:58 ` Jeff King
2020-12-08 20:06 ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-08 21:15 ` Jeff King
2020-12-11 21:05 ` [PATCH] clone: in protocol v2, use remote's default branch Jonathan Tan
2020-12-11 23:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-14 12:38 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-12-14 15:51 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-14 16:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-15 1:41 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-12-15 2:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-15 2:38 ` Jeff King
2020-12-15 2:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-15 4:36 ` Jeff King
2020-12-16 3:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-16 18:39 ` Jeff King
2020-12-16 20:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-18 6:19 ` Jeff King
2020-12-15 3:22 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-14 19:25 ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-14 19:42 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-15 1:27 ` Jeff King
2020-12-15 19:10 ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-16 2:07 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Cloning with remote unborn HEAD Jonathan Tan
2020-12-16 2:07 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] ls-refs: report unborn targets of symrefs Jonathan Tan
2020-12-16 6:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-16 23:49 ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-16 18:23 ` Jeff King
2020-12-16 23:54 ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-17 1:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-18 6:16 ` Jeff King
2020-12-16 2:07 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] connect, transport: add no-op arg for future patch Jonathan Tan
2020-12-16 6:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-16 2:07 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] clone: respect remote unborn HEAD Jonathan Tan
2020-12-21 22:30 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Cloning with " Jonathan Tan
2020-12-21 22:30 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] ls-refs: report unborn targets of symrefs Jonathan Tan
2020-12-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] connect, transport: add no-op arg for future patch Jonathan Tan
2020-12-21 22:31 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] clone: respect remote unborn HEAD Jonathan Tan
2020-12-21 23:48 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Cloning with " Junio C Hamano
2021-01-21 20:14 ` Jeff King
2020-12-22 21:54 ` [PATCH v4 " Jonathan Tan
2020-12-22 21:54 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] ls-refs: report unborn targets of symrefs Jonathan Tan
2021-01-21 20:48 ` Jeff King
2021-01-26 18:13 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-01-26 23:16 ` Jeff King
2020-12-22 21:54 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] connect, transport: add no-op arg for future patch Jonathan Tan
2021-01-21 20:55 ` Jeff King
2021-01-26 18:16 ` Jonathan Tan
2020-12-22 21:54 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] clone: respect remote unborn HEAD Jonathan Tan
2021-01-21 21:02 ` Jeff King
2021-01-26 18:22 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-01-26 23:04 ` Jeff King
2021-01-28 5:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-22 22:06 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Cloning with " Junio C Hamano
2021-01-26 18:55 ` [PATCH v5 " Jonathan Tan
2021-01-26 18:55 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] ls-refs: report unborn targets of symrefs Jonathan Tan
2021-01-26 21:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-26 23:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-30 3:55 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-01-26 23:20 ` Jeff King
2021-01-26 23:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-29 20:23 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-01-29 22:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-02 2:20 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-02-02 5:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-27 1:28 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-01-30 4:04 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-01-26 18:55 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] connect, transport: encapsulate arg in struct Jonathan Tan
2021-01-26 21:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-30 4:06 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-01-26 18:55 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] clone: respect remote unborn HEAD Jonathan Tan
2021-01-26 22:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-30 4:27 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-01-27 1:11 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] Cloning with " Junio C Hamano
2021-01-27 4:25 ` Jeff King
2021-01-27 6:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-27 1:41 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-01-30 4:41 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-01-30 11:13 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-02-02 2:22 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-02-03 14:23 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2021-02-05 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-02 2:14 ` [PATCH v6 " Jonathan Tan
2021-02-02 2:14 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] ls-refs: report unborn targets of symrefs Jonathan Tan
2021-02-02 16:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-02 18:34 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-02-02 22:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-03 1:04 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-02-02 2:15 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] connect, transport: encapsulate arg in struct Jonathan Tan
2021-02-02 2:15 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] clone: respect remote unborn HEAD Jonathan Tan
2021-02-05 4:58 ` [PATCH v7 0/3] Cloning with " Jonathan Tan
2021-02-05 4:58 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] ls-refs: report unborn targets of symrefs Jonathan Tan
2021-02-05 16:10 ` Jeff King
2021-02-05 4:58 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] connect, transport: encapsulate arg in struct Jonathan Tan
2021-02-05 4:58 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] clone: respect remote unborn HEAD Jonathan Tan
2021-02-05 5:25 ` [PATCH v7 0/3] Cloning with " Junio C Hamano
2021-02-05 16:15 ` Jeff King
2021-02-05 21:15 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-02-05 23:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-05 20:48 ` [PATCH v8 " Jonathan Tan
2021-02-05 20:48 ` [PATCH v8 1/3] ls-refs: report unborn targets of symrefs Jonathan Tan
2021-02-05 20:48 ` [PATCH v8 2/3] connect, transport: encapsulate arg in struct Jonathan Tan
2021-02-05 20:48 ` [PATCH v8 3/3] clone: respect remote unborn HEAD Jonathan Tan
2021-02-06 18:51 ` [PATCH v8 0/3] Cloning with " Junio C Hamano
2021-02-08 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano
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