Re: Should branches be objects?

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 19, 2014, 23:46 UTC
Message-ID: <20140619234614.GY8557@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAK3OfOiB0YWf25Hvvvqi+YBwu2V-gE-sjm7XrfE0p2zds4CE2Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Nico Williams wrote:

>  - one could see the history of branches, including

Interesting. 'git log -g' is good for getting that information locally, but the protocol doesn't have a way to get it from a remote server so you have to ssh in. Ronnie (cc-ed) and I were talking recently about whether it would make sense to update git protocol to have a way to get at the remote reflogs more easily --- would that be useful to you?

>  - how commits were grouped when pushed/pulled (push 5 commits, and
> the branch object will record that its head moved by those five
> commits at once)

The reflog on the server (if enabled) records this.

>  - rebase history (git log <branch-object> -> better than git reflog!)

The local reflog ('git log -g <branch>') records this.

>  - object transactional APIs would be used to update branches

Ronnie's recent ref-transaction code does this.

Thanks and hope that helps, Jonathan