Re: [PATCH 2/2] reflog: ignore expire-unreachable for "HEAD" reflog

From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Apr 16, 2010, 06:08 UTC
Message-ID: <4BC7FECA.2010202@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <20100415163607.GA4279@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Am 4/15/2010 18:36, schrieb Jeff King:

> I think it is because the reachability test is defined as "from the
> current ref".

Thanks, this clears my confusion. I see the problem that Junio wants to fix, but IMHO this:

> I think another way of addressing the same problem would be to redefine
> "reachable" in this context as "reachable from any current ref".

would be a better approach for a fix rather than an exception for HEAD.

-- Hannes

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