Re: [PATCH] New git-seek command with documentation and test.
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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
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- Feb 24, 2006, 10:11 UTC
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
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> linux@horizon.com wrote: > >> The annoying thing about temporary branch names like "bisect" and "seek" >> is that: >> a) They clutter up the nae space available to the repository user. >> Users have to know that those are reserved names. >> b) If a repository is cloned while they're in use, they might get >> into a "remotes" file, with even more confusing results. >> >> This is somewhat heretical, but how about making a truly unnamed >> branch by >> having .git/HEAD *not* be a symlink, but rather hold a commit ID >> directly? >> It's already well established that files in the .git directory directly >> are strictly local to this working directory, so it seems a much better >> home for such temporary state. >> > > It might be easier to just reserve part of the namespace, e.g. ".bisect" > and ".seek" instead. >
Ach, no. Not specific names. ^\.-.* would be acceptable, but I sometimes use '.name' or '-name' to mark a temporary branch. Making .- or some such reserved would perhaps make sense, but not with specific names.
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