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Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] check_ref_format(): tighten refname rules

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 23, 2009, 16:03 UTC
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"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> This changes the rules for refnames to forbid:
>> 
>>  (1) a refname that contains "@{" in it.
>>  (2) a refname that ends with a dot.
>
> How about also "that end in .lock" ?

Yeah, people can add more as follow-up patches. The primary purpose of this series is to clean-up places that the new %name notation (or ~name or whatever) needs to hook into.

Previous: Shawn O. PearceNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 10 of 11 in “Clean up interpret_nth_last_branch feature”
  1. 0/7 Clean up interpret_nth_last_branch featureJunio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2009
  2. 1/7 Rename interpret/substitute nth_last_branch functionsJunio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2009
  3. 2/7 strbuf_branchname(): a wrapper for branch name shorthandsJunio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2009
  4. 3/7 check-ref-format --branch: give Porcelain a way to grok branch shorthandJunio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2009
  5. 4/7 Fix branch -m @{-1} newnameJunio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2009
  6. 5/7 strbuf_check_branch_ref(): a helper to check a refname for a branchJunio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2009
  7. 6/7 check_ref_format(): tighten refname rulesJunio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2009
  8. 7/7 checkout -: make "-" to mean "previous branch" everywhereJunio C Hamano, Mar 23, 2009
  9. Shawn O. PearceMar 23, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2009

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