From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:38:52 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/30] refs: wrap top-level ref_dirs in ref_entries
Message-ID: <4F995DFC.501@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1335307536-26914-11-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

On 04/25/2012 12:45 AM, mhagger@alum.mit.edu wrote:
> From: Michael Haggerty<mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
>
> Wrap the top-level ref_dirs in REF_DIR style ref_entries so that we
> have the flag and name available when dealing with them.  This
> affects:
>
> * cache_ref::loose
> * cache_ref::packed
> * extra_refs
>
> The next several commits will expand the use of ref_entry as opposed
> to ref_dir, culminating in the ability of a ref_entry representing a
> directory of loose references to load itself only when used.

The mention of "extra_refs" here is of course obsolete and should be 
deleted.

Michael

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