From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:20:22 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] archive: re-allow HEAD:Documentation on a remote invocation
Message-ID: <7v62gh4nex.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120112031022.GC26363@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> For a maint release, I am OK with that. In the long term, I'd rather my
> patches go onto master (either for 1.7.9 or for later), as I think they
> are the right way to do it.

I would prefer not to use it in 1.7.9, as CMN's patch will make its only
immediate user disappear. I think we are in agreement that the change to
carry context around is a longer term thing, and when we apply it, the
safety we added to "archive" will become simpler.