From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:38:42 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC 0/3] Reflogs for deleted refs: fix breakage and suggest namespace change Message-ID: <7v1uj2pysd.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Alexey Muranov writes: > 2. I think that allowing both "next" and "next/foo" complicates > the mapping from branch names to file paths, and it does not seem > necessary if dead reflogs are moved away to "graveyard" anyway. It is unclear why the first two lines above leads to the conclusion "it does not seem necessary" (but honestly, I do not particularly care). > 3. There remains the question what to do with dead reflogs for > different branches having the same name. Maybe, keep the death > date and time under the graveyard directory and not allow the user > to delete 2 times in less than 1 second? > > /logs/graveyard/yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss/refs/heads/next/foo How would that help us in what way? When I ask "git log -g next/foo" for the "next/foo" branch that currently exists, I want to see the update history of its tip since I created it for the last time, and then an entry that says I created it at such and such time. If I used to have the branch before but deleted, then the output should be followed by another entry that says I deleted it at such and such time, followed by the history of the tip updates.