Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] Clean up interpret_nth_last_branch feature

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 23, 2009, 08:10 UTC
Message-ID: <7v63i08xrk.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1237791716.git.gitster@pobox.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> The changes since the previous round are:
>
>  - Tightening of the refname rule comes very late in the series, so that
>    we can optionally drop it;
>
>  - In addition to allowing "git branch -d bad@{name}ref.", we also allow
>    "git branch -d bad@{name}ref. good-one" as another escape hatch;

Sorry, the "also allow" one is about renaming, i.e. "branch -m bad. good".

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>  - Update documentation to git-check-ref-format to describe the tightened
>    rules.
>
> Junio C Hamano (7):
>   Rename interpret/substitute nth_last_branch functions
>   strbuf_branchname(): a wrapper for branch name shorthands
>   check-ref-format --branch: give Porcelain a way to grok branch
>     shorthand
>   Fix branch -m @{-1} newname
>   strbuf_check_branch_ref(): a helper to check a refname for a branch
>   check_ref_format(): tighten refname rules
>   checkout -: make "-" to mean "previous branch" everywhere
>
>  Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt |   18 ++++++++++++++++-
>  branch.c                               |   10 +--------
>  builtin-branch.c                       |   32 +++++++++++++++++-------------
>  builtin-check-ref-format.c             |    9 ++++++++
>  builtin-checkout.c                     |   26 ++++++++++--------------
>  builtin-merge.c                        |    5 +--
>  cache.h                                |    2 +-
>  refs.c                                 |   16 +++++++++++---
>  sha1_name.c                            |   33 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  strbuf.c                               |   17 ++++++++++++++++
>  strbuf.h                               |    3 ++
>  11 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)