RE: [PATCH] Remove restriction on notes ref base

From: Chris Forbes <chrisf@farmworkspfs.co.nz>
Date: Nov 2, 2010, 23:28 UTC
Message-ID: <62BAFF6485708A40A8955546574E52655362DE@server01.FarmWorks.local>
In-Reply-To: <201011022358.11340.johan@herland.net>

Hi

> Although I'm starting to wonder whether our remote -> local refspec

mappings

> are getting too varied (i.e. confusing). Currently we have:

>  Remote repo    ->   Local repo
>  ------------------------------------------------
>  refs/heads/*        refs/remotes/$remote/*
>  refs/tags/*         refs/tags/*

What's the rationale for the implicit/magic behaviour for tags? It causes plenty of confusion for new users, etc.

-- Chris Forbes