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Re: ghost refs

From
YDYann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr>
Date
Apr 20, 2010, 14:42 UTC
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<20100420164225.1400c280@chalon.bertin.fr>
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<20100420142444.GA8851@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Le Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:24:44 -0400, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> a écrit :

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> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:33:42AM -0400, Jay Soffian wrote:
> 
> > 4. Just append to the existing reflog? Given:
> > 
> > $ git checkout -b topic origin/master # 1
> > $ git add; git commit ...
> > $ git checkout master
> > $ git merge topic
> > $ git branch -d topic
> > $ git checkout -b topic origin/master # 2
> 
> I like how the user would interact with that, but what happens with:
> 
>   git checkout -b topic/subtopic
> 
> The reflog of the deleted branch is in the way.

That would be addressed by considering logs/dead_refs/* contents *logical* continuations of logs/refs/* (bottom-most suggestion in my other email)

-- 
Yann
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  1. John DlugoszApr 7, 2010
  2. Avery PennarunApr 7, 2010
  3. Jeff KingApr 7, 2010
  4. John DlugoszApr 7, 2010
  5. Avery PennarunApr 7, 2010
  6. John DlugoszApr 7, 2010
  7. Avery PennarunApr 7, 2010
  8. Jeff KingApr 8, 2010
  9. John DlugoszApr 8, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2010
  11. Jeff KingApr 8, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2010
  13. Avery PennarunApr 8, 2010
  14. Nicolas SebrechtApr 8, 2010
  15. Jeff KingApr 17, 2010
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2010
  17. Jakub NarebskiApr 17, 2010
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2010
  19. John DlugoszApr 19, 2010
  20. Yann DirsonApr 20, 2010
  21. Jeff KingApr 20, 2010
  22. ZeframApr 20, 2010
  23. Yann DirsonApr 20, 2010
  24. ZeframApr 20, 2010
  25. Jay SoffianApr 20, 2010
  26. Jeff KingApr 20, 2010
  27. Yann DirsonApr 20, 2010
  28. Jay SoffianApr 20, 2010
  29. Alex RiesenApr 20, 2010
  30. Jeff KingApr 20, 2010

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