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Re: [PATCH 3/3] update a few Porcelain-ish for ref lock safety.

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Sep 27, 2006, 07:25 UTC
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Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> writes:
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>> +prev=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
>
> It seems a little odd to need to use such a large 'none' thing.  Will
> linus' updates start returning this when there is no tag?  If so then it
> makes sense.  Else perhaps it would be nice to have a short cut for it.
>  Such as 'none'.

True. It probably is better to accept something shorter, like an empty string, or token "none". But this is a plumbing command, and I was not too concerned about having to say 40 "0" in the Porcelain scripts.

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Message 19 of 19 in “Remove branch by putting a null sha1 into the ref file.”
  1. Remove branch by putting a null sha1 into the ref file.Christian Couder, Sep 18, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsSep 18, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2006
  5. Christian CouderSep 20, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2006
  7. Christian CouderSep 23, 2006
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2006
  9. Christian CouderSep 23, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2006
  11. Christian CouderSep 24, 2006
  12. On ref lockingJunio C Hamano, Sep 25, 2006
  13. Daniel BarkalowSep 25, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2006
  15. 1/3 Clean-up lock-ref implementationJunio C Hamano, Sep 26, 2006
  16. 2/3 update-ref: -d flag and ref creation safety.Junio C Hamano, Sep 26, 2006
  17. 3/3 update a few Porcelain-ish for ref lock safety.Junio C Hamano, Sep 26, 2006
  18. Andy WhitcroftSep 26, 2006
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2006

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