Re: [PATCH] Remove restriction on notes ref base

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 3, 2010, 06:41 UTC
Message-ID: <20101103064137.GC7606@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <201011022358.11340.johan@herland.net>

Johan Herland wrote:

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> Although I'm starting to wonder whether our remote -> local refspec mappings 
> are getting too varied (i.e. confusing). Currently we have:
> 
>   Remote repo    ->   Local repo
>   ------------------------------------------------
>   refs/heads/*        refs/remotes/$remote/*
>   refs/tags/*         refs/tags/*
> 
> ...and soon we may also have:
>   refs/notes/*        refs/notes/remotes/$remote/*

How about

    refs/notes/*        refs/notes/$remote/*

Plus side: shorter magic prefix to remember,
           --notes-ref=charon/full would work with the
           current --notes-ref dwimery.
Downside: potential for name conflicts?