git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2015, #05; Mon, 20)

From
David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Date
Jul 21, 2015, 00:50 UTC
Message-ID
<1437439832.30911.12.camel@twopensource.com>
In-Reply-To
<xmqqwpxuwh8d.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
Show 18 quoted lines
> * dt/refs-backend-preamble (2015-07-13) 7 commits
>  - git-stash: use update-ref --create-reflog instead of creating files
>  - update-ref and tag: add --create-reflog arg
>  - refs: add REF_FORCE_CREATE_REFLOG flag
>  - git-reflog: add exists command
>  - refs: new public ref function: safe_create_reflog
>  - refs: Break out check for reflog autocreation
>  - refs.c: add err arguments to reflog functions
> 
>  In preparation for allowing different "backends" to store the refs
>  in a way different from the traditional "one ref per file in $GIT_DIR
>  or in a $GIT_DIR/packed-refs file" filesystem storage, reduce
>  direct filesystem access to ref-like things like CHERRY_PICK_HEAD
>  from scripts and programs.
> 
>  Still under discussion.
> 
>  Will hold.

What's left to discuss on this one? I think the latest version addresses all concerns, but I'm happy to do another reroll or discuss further if necessary.

Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 2 of 7 in “What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2015, #05; Mon, 20)”
  1. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2015
  2. David TurnerJul 21, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2015
  4. David TurnerJul 21, 2015
  5. Jakub NarębskiJul 21, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2015

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.