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Re: [PATCH] git-send-pack: don't consider branch lagging behind as errors.

From
Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
Date
Jun 19, 2008, 16:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20080619162801.GA2468@artemis.madism.org>
In-Reply-To
<20080619151110.GA31654@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 03:11:10PM +0000, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 03:52:00PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> > >   - there is a possible danger with "git push -f", in that you force
> > >     both rejected branches as well as stale branches. Junio and I
> >   Well afaict this is a separate issue, as we're (with such a patch)
> > only changing what gets printed on the console, not the internal
> > behavior. So solving this second issue should not really be a
> > precondition to the inclusion of such a patch.
> 
> It is a separate issue, but it is exacerbated by hiding stale refs.
> Imagine:
> 
> $ git push
> To /path/to/repo
>    ! [rejected]        master -> master (non-fast forward)
> 
> $ git push -f
> To /path/to/repo
>    + 0abfa88...c1ed93b master -> master (forced update)
>    + 0329485...3498576 stale_branch -> stale_branch (forced update)
> 
> I think that is a nasty surprise to spring on an unsuspecting user.
> Another solution might be "-f" not pushing rewound branches, but then we
> need a way to specify "no, really, push this rewound branch". Perhaps
> "-f -f"?
  Well then we could keep the [stalled] lines for now until this issue
is resolved then, despite what the people at the beginning of the other
thread complained about. My real issue is that I have my shell
configured so that my prompt becomes inverted if the last command
failed. So do many people I know, and well, git push for stalled
references should just not generate an error. _this_ is my sole concern
:)
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> >   Please please please do :)
> >   The exit 1 of git-push is really annoying me these days.
> 
> OK, I will try to take a look in the next few days.
> 
> -Peff
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·O·  Pierre Habouzit
··O                                                madcoder@debian.org
OOO                                                http://www.madism.org
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Message 5 of 13 in “git-send-pack: don't consider branch lagging behind as errors.”
  1. git-send-pack: don't consider branch lagging behind as errors.Pierre Habouzit, Jun 19, 2008
  2. Jeff KingJun 19, 2008
  3. Pierre HabouzitJun 19, 2008
  4. Jeff KingJun 19, 2008
  5. Pierre HabouzitJun 19, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2008
  7. Pierre HabouzitJun 20, 2008
  8. しらいしななこJun 20, 2008
  9. Jeff KingJun 26, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2008
  11. Pierre HabouzitJun 26, 2008
  12. Jeff KingJun 28, 2008
  13. Jeff KingJun 28, 2008

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