From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:28:52 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] for-each-ref: avoid filtering on empty pattern
Message-ID: <613b85a3-677d-40d8-84b5-69dd5c27cafe@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqcyt9fdc7.fsf@gitster.g>

Hi Juino

On 06/02/2024 22:16, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>   - we do not want to say "pseudo refs", as I expect we would want to
>     show HEAD that is (unfortunately) classified outside "pseudoref"
>     class.

This is a bit of a tangent but I've been wondering what the practical 
benefit of distinguishing between "HEAD" and "pseudoref" is. I don't 
know the history so there may be a good reason but not classifying 
"HEAD" as a "pseudoref" seems to make discussions like this more 
complicated than they would be if "HEAD" were a "pseudoref". Would it be 
beneficial to loosen the definition of "psuedoref" to remove the 
restriction that they may not be symbolic refs or have a reflog?

Best Wishes

Phillip