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RE: BUG or FEATURE? Use of '/' in branch names

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
May 2, 2014, 22:10 UTC
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Keith Derrick wrote:
> I can see the value in grouping branches in a directory tree under
> refs/heads, but wouldn't it make more sense to simply escape the '/'
> in the branch name so that 'hotfix/b1' is stored on disk as
> 'hotfix\/b1'?

This would be nice for remote helpers: Mercurial can have "hotfix" and "hotifx/b1", so importing such a Mercurial repository creates problems.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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  1. Keith DerrickMay 2, 2014
  2. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2014
  4. Jonathan NiederMay 2, 2014
  5. Keith DerrickMay 2, 2014
  6. Jonathan NiederMay 2, 2014
  7. Dennis KaarsemakerMay 3, 2014
  8. Michael HaggertyMay 4, 2014

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