From: Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:29:28 GMT
Subject: Re: openbsd version?
Message-ID: <20051013082928.GE8383MdfPADPa@greensroom.kotnet.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vpsq9504x.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:47:26AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Maybe there should be a safety measure built into git-update-ref
> that says single-level name (i.e. not starting with refs/) gets
> warning unless all uppercase or something silly like that to
> protect idiots like myself.  Hmmm.

How about checking whether the name also exists with a certain
prefix instead ?
Otherwise you'll also disallow updating ORIG_HEAD and stuff.

skimo