From: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"John Cai via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, "Taylor Blau" <me@ttaylorr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] stash: add test to ensure reflog --rewrite --updatref behavior
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:53:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9AC71167-BED8-4003-A5B2-072B7913FA62@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqczjdp2g8.fsf@gitster.g>
Hi Junio,
On 23 Feb 2022, at 18:50, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Yes, this is true but that doesn't seem to test the --rewrite functionality.
>> I could be missing something, but it seems that the reflog --rewrite option
>> will write the LHS old oid value in the .git/logs/refs/stash file. When
>> --rewrite isn't used, the reflog delete still does the right thing to the
>> RHS entry.
>>
>> I couldn't find any way to check this LFS value other than reaching into the
>> actual file. If there is a way that would be preferable.
>
> Ah, that one.
>
> As 2b81fab2 (git-reflog: add option --rewrite to update reflog
> entries while expiring, 2008-02-22) says, the redundant half of the
> reflog entry only matters to "certain sanity checks" and would not
> be even visible to normal ref API users. I wonder why we need to
> even say "--rewrite" in the first place. Perhaps we should
> implicitly set it always and eventually deprecate that option.
Yeah, that makes sense. I had this thought as I was figuring out
how to test this. I can take care of this in a separate patch series
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-24 14:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-18 18:40 [PATCH 0/3] libify reflog John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-18 18:40 ` [PATCH 1/3] reflog: libify delete reflog function and helpers John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-18 19:10 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-18 19:39 ` Taylor Blau
2022-02-18 19:48 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-18 19:35 ` Taylor Blau
2022-02-21 1:43 ` John Cai
2022-02-21 1:50 ` Taylor Blau
2022-02-23 19:50 ` John Cai
2022-02-18 20:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-19 2:53 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-19 3:02 ` Taylor Blau
2022-02-20 7:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-18 20:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-18 18:40 ` [PATCH 2/3] reflog: call reflog_delete from reflog.c John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-18 19:15 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-18 20:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-18 18:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] stash: " John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-18 19:20 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-19 0:21 ` Taylor Blau
2022-02-22 2:36 ` John Cai
2022-02-22 10:51 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-18 19:29 ` [PATCH 0/3] libify reflog Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-22 18:30 ` [PATCH v2 " John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-22 18:30 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] stash: add test to ensure reflog --rewrite --updatref behavior John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-23 8:54 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-23 21:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-23 21:50 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-24 18:21 ` John Cai
2022-02-25 11:45 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-25 17:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-23 21:50 ` John Cai
2022-02-23 22:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-23 23:12 ` John Cai
2022-02-23 23:27 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-23 23:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-24 14:53 ` John Cai [this message]
2022-02-22 18:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] reflog: libify delete reflog function and helpers John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-23 9:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-23 18:40 ` John Cai
2022-02-23 21:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-22 18:30 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] stash: call reflog_delete() in reflog.c John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-25 19:30 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] libify reflog John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-25 19:30 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] stash: add tests to ensure reflog --rewrite --updatref behavior John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-03-02 18:52 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-25 19:30 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] reflog: libify delete reflog function and helpers John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-25 19:30 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] stash: call reflog_delete() in reflog.c John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-02-25 19:38 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] libify reflog Taylor Blau
2022-03-02 16:43 ` John Cai
2022-03-02 18:55 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 22:27 ` [PATCH v4 " John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-03-02 22:27 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] stash: add tests to ensure reflog --rewrite --updatref behavior John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-03-02 23:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-03 15:22 ` John Cai
2022-03-03 16:11 ` Phillip Wood
2022-03-03 16:52 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-03 17:28 ` Phillip Wood
2022-03-03 19:12 ` John Cai
2022-03-08 10:39 ` Phillip Wood
2022-03-08 18:09 ` John Cai
2022-03-02 22:27 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] reflog: libify delete reflog function and helpers John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-03-02 22:27 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] stash: call reflog_delete() in reflog.c John Cai via GitGitGadget
2022-03-02 23:34 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] libify reflog Junio C Hamano
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