From: Josef Weidendorfer <josef.weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:25:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Teach git push .git/branches shorthand
Message-ID: <200508081225.59949.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0508081154190.32406@wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

On Monday 08 August 2005 11:55, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
> > IMHO, $GIT_DIR/branches/ is really confusing.
> > Hmmm... in $GIT_DIR/branches/ there are named references to remote
> > (named) references.
>
> Not necessarily. The following is perfectly valid:
>
> echo "rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git > .git/branches/x
>
> It does not contain a named reference, just a host.

Not really.
Your example defaults to the master head. It is perfectly valid (at least 
cogito usage), to have the reference appended as an anchor:

echo "rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git#pu" > .git/branches/pu

For lightweight remote tag, even a SHA1 as anchor should be possible.

Josef

> Ciao,
> Dscho
>
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