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Re: Difficulties in advertising a new branch to git newbies

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 6, 2007, 07:31 UTC
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<20070206073141.GD23866@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:25:49PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> So addition to "if unique", we need another DWIM rule that says
> "refs/heads/branch" trumps even when there are branch elsewhere
> and prevents ambiguity rule from triggering.

FWIW, the patch I just posted allows all existing lookups to trump refs/remotes/*/%s, but will complain of ambiguities between remotes. But please don't take my patch as a vote for this being sane. :) I just wanted to give Carl something to play with.

-Peff
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Message 42 of 50 in “Difficulties in advertising a new branch to git newbies”
  1. Carl WorthJan 30, 2007
  2. Jakub NarebskiJan 30, 2007
  3. Yann DirsonJan 30, 2007
  4. Jakub NarebskiJan 30, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2007
  6. Jakub NarebskiJan 30, 2007
  7. Matthias LederhoferJan 30, 2007
  8. Matthias LederhoferJan 30, 2007
  9. Jeff KingJan 30, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2007
  11. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  12. Jeff KingJan 31, 2007
  13. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  14. Jeff KingJan 31, 2007
  15. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  16. Jeff KingJan 31, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2007
  18. Theodore TsoJan 31, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2007
  20. Jakub NarebskiJan 31, 2007
  21. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  22. Daniel BarkalowJan 31, 2007
  23. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  24. Daniel BarkalowJan 31, 2007
  25. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  26. J. Bruce FieldsJan 31, 2007
  27. Jakub NarebskiJan 31, 2007
  28. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  29. Daniel BarkalowJan 31, 2007
  30. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  31. Guilhem BonnefilleJan 31, 2007
  32. Carl WorthJan 31, 2007
  33. Johannes SchindelinJan 31, 2007
  34. Santi BéjarJan 31, 2007
  35. Carl WorthJan 31, 2007
  36. Josef WeidendorferFeb 1, 2007
  37. Santi BéjarFeb 1, 2007
  38. Jakub NarebskiFeb 1, 2007
  39. Carl WorthFeb 6, 2007
  40. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2007
  41. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2007
  42. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2007
  43. Carl WorthFeb 6, 2007
  44. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2007
  45. Carl WorthFeb 6, 2007
  46. Jakub NarebskiFeb 6, 2007
  47. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2007
  48. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2007
  49. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2007
  50. Nicolas PitreFeb 6, 2007

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