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Re: [PATCH] Allow branch names that end with ".lock"

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
May 8, 2009, 00:54 UTC
Message-ID
<20090508005417.GV30527@spearce.org>
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> A project policy for naming branches could be to use a dot as a word
> separator (instead of '-' which is often done by existing projects), and
> "fix.vm.lock" could be a very valid name for a branch to address a VM
> locking issues.
I think we sent the same patch... except...
 
>  git-gui/lib/index.tcl                    |    2 +-
Don't do that.  I'll patch git-gui and send you a pull request.
-- 
Shawn.
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  1. 1/2 Add support for boolean config values "yes", "no"Shawn O. Pearce, May 7, 2009
  2. 2/2 Make Repository.isValidRefName compatible with Git 1.6.3Shawn O. Pearce, May 7, 2009
  3. Robin RosenbergMay 7, 2009
  4. Linus TorvaldsMay 7, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2009
  6. Shawn O. PearceMay 8, 2009
  7. Alex RiesenMay 8, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2009
  11. Alex RiesenMay 8, 2009
  12. Shawn O. PearceMay 8, 2009
  13. Brandon CaseyMay 7, 2009
  14. 1/2 Add support for boolean config values "on", "off"Shawn O. Pearce, May 7, 2009
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