From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:11:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-gc: skip stashes when expiring reflogs
Message-ID: <20080613131108.GA15876@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <19C06D62-966A-4626-A620-2281A7CAA2B6@wincent.com>

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 02:40:50PM +0200, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:

> Sounds a little bit over-engineered to me.
>
> So, "stash" is intended for short-term storage, but by adding a "keep"  
> option you're officially blessing it for long-term storage as well. And 
> the interface that you propose, explicitly marking stuff as "for keeps" 
> and being able to move stuff from "temp" to "keep" sounds quite  
> complicated.

I agree. I like the expiration of stashes, but if it is a choice between
"just don't expire them" and "here is a complex set of rules and
obligations for preventing them from expiring" I think we are better off
just leaving them.

-Peff