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, 27 Jul 2020 09:20:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqpn8hgca7.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFQ2z_P+L5ystTA8MjSjnUJQyEoH5Q3QtnMd0ezJpKPv_ntrgA@mail.gmail.com> (Han-Wen Nienhuys's message of "Mon, 27 Jul 2020 10:50:50 +0200")
Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> writes:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 12:10 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> I reviewed some codepaths that deal with FETCH_HEAD recently.
>>
>> As the file is quite different from all the other pseudo references
>> in that it needs to store more than one object name and in that each
>> ref in it needs more than just the object name, I doubt that it
>> makes much sense to enhance the refs API so that its requirements
>> can be covered.
>
> I agree. Do we ever pretend that FETCH_HEAD is a ref today?
"git rev-parse FETCH_HEAD", "git show FETCH_HEAD" etc. all should keep
working, so in that sense, it is treated as a ref. It does not
protect the history leading to the objects listed in it from being
collected, though.
"git merge FETCH_HEAD" is an interesting case---I haven't thought it
through.
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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 [this message]
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
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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