Re: Get rid of .git/branches/ and .git/remotes/?

From: Josef Weidendorfer <josef.weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 22, 2005, 17:31 UTC
Message-ID: <200511221831.03954.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <200511210026.30280.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>

On Monday 21 November 2005 00:26, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:

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> On Sunday 20 November 2005 19:09, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 	[branches.origin]
> > 		url = master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/git/git.git
> > 		pull = master:origin
> 
> Two things:
> * base names are case insensitive. Repository shortcuts are case
> sensitive (and head names, too)
> * to get rid of .git/branches/XXX, XXX has to be allowed as
> base name. But XXX can contain anything a head name can (including ".").
> 
> Not really a problem. Use the ' for ' syntax:
> 
> [remotes]
> 	url = master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/git/git.git for origin
> 	pull = master:origin for origin
> 
> Not really nice. We can not have "for" as head name.

What about another syntax for multivalue vars? Proposed syntax:

  [remote:origin]
    url = master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/git/git.git
    pull = master:origin

For this, the parser could return
    remote.url = master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/git/git.git for origin
    remote.pull = master:origin for origin

By introducing such a scheme, multi-value vars would fit perfectly for use for .git/remotes or .git/branches.

Josef