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Re: [PATCH 1/3] retain reflogs for deleted refs

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 26, 2012, 17:52 UTC
Message-ID
<20120726175248.GA15928@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:46:01AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > Bleh. It seems that we did too good a job in coming up with a list of
> > disallowed ref characters; they really are things you don't want in your
> > filenames at all. :)
> 
> Why do no need to even worry about ~ vs : vs whatever in the first
> place?
> 
> With a flag-day per repository "core.repositoryformatversion = 1",
> you do not have to worry about mixture of old-style refs and new
> ones, so refs/heads/next-d/log could be a topic branch 'next/log'
> that is based on an integration branch 'next' branch that physically
> resides at refs/heads/next-f or an entry refs/heads/next in packed
> refs.  Only the API functions in refs.c should care, no?

I think the point was that Michael wanted to select a standard that could be used for graveyard reflogs _now_, but which would eventually match the format we use for active refs. And that requires a character that is not valid in a refname.

Given that the change of format for actives refs would require a flag day, keeping the graveyard scheme mixable with the current ref rules may not be worth caring about, though.

-Peff
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  1. Alexey MuranovJul 19, 2012
  2. Jeff KingJul 19, 2012
  3. Dan JohnsonJul 19, 2012
  4. Stefan HallerJul 19, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012
  6. Jeff KingAug 21, 2012
  7. Sam RobertsJun 20, 2013
  8. Alexey MuranovJul 19, 2012
  9. Konstantin KhomoutovJul 19, 2012
  10. Alexey MuranovJul 19, 2012
  11. Alexey MuranovJul 19, 2012
  12. Johannes SixtJul 20, 2012
  13. Alexey MuranovJul 20, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012
  15. Alexey MuranovJul 19, 2012
  16. Dan JohnsonJul 19, 2012
  17. Alexey MuranovJul 19, 2012
  18. 0/3 reflog graveyardJeff King, Jul 19, 2012
  19. 1/3 retain reflogs for deleted refsJeff King, Jul 19, 2012
  20. Alexey MuranovJul 19, 2012
  21. Jeff KingJul 20, 2012
  22. Alexey MuranovJul 20, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2012
  24. Jeff KingJul 20, 2012
  25. Jeff KingJul 20, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2012
  27. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2012
  28. Jeff KingJul 20, 2012
  29. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012
  30. Michael HaggertyJul 20, 2012
  31. Jeff KingJul 20, 2012
  32. Johannes SixtJul 20, 2012
  33. Jeff KingJul 20, 2012
  34. Alexey MuranovJul 22, 2012
  35. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 26, 2012
  36. Alexey MuranovJul 26, 2012
  37. Matthieu MoyJul 26, 2012
  38. Jeff KingJul 26, 2012
  39. Alexey MuranovJul 26, 2012
  40. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2012
  41. Jeff KingJul 26, 2012
  42. Alexey MuranovJul 22, 2012
  43. Alexey MuranovJul 22, 2012
  44. Jeff KingJul 22, 2012
  45. Alexey MuranovJul 22, 2012
  46. Jeff KingJul 22, 2012
  47. Johannes SixtJul 20, 2012
  48. 2/3 teach sha1_name to look in graveyard reflogsJeff King, Jul 19, 2012
  49. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2012
  50. Jeff KingJul 20, 2012
  51. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2012
  52. 3/3 add tests for reflogs of deleted refsJeff King, Jul 19, 2012

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