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Re: [PATCH 15/33] refs: change the internal reference-iteration API

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 16, 2013, 17:47 UTC
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
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>>> ...  This scenario doesn't currently occur in the code,
>>> but fix it to prevent things from breaking in a very confusing way in
>>> the future.
>> 
>> Hopefully that means "in later patches in this series" ;-)
>
> I don't think that the rest of the series would have triggered this
> problem either.

Yeah, I misread the message when I said "Hopefully". I somehow thought it was saying "we will fix it in the future; otherwise things can break in a confusing way", which is not the case.

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Message 31 of 64 in “Various cleanups around reference packing and peeling”
  1. 00/33 Various cleanups around reference packing and peelingMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  2. 01/33 refs: document flags constants REF_*Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  3. 02/33 refs: document the fields of struct ref_valueMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  4. 03/33 refs: document do_for_each_ref() and do_one_ref()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  6. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2013
  7. 04/33 refs: document how current_ref is usedMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  8. 05/33 refs: define constant PEELED_LINE_LENGTHMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  9. 06/33 do_for_each_ref_in_dirs(): remove dead codeMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  10. 07/33 get_packed_ref(): return a ref_entryMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  11. 08/33 peel_ref(): use function get_packed_ref()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  12. 09/33 repack_without_ref(): use function get_packed_ref()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  13. 10/33 refs: extract a function ref_resolves_to_object()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  15. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2013
  17. 11/33 refs: extract function peel_object()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  18. 12/33 peel_object(): give more specific information in return valueMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  20. 13/33 peel_ref(): fix return value for non-peelable, not-current referenceMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  22. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2013
  23. 14/33 refs: extract a function peel_entry()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  25. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2013
  27. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2013
  28. 15/33 refs: change the internal reference-iteration APIMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  30. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2013
  32. 16/33 t3210: test for spurious error messages for dangling packed refsMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  34. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2013
  36. Jeff KingApr 16, 2013
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2013
  38. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2013
  39. 0/2 Add documentation for new expiry option valuesMichael Haggerty, Apr 18, 2013
  40. 1/2 git-gc.txt, git-reflog.txt: document new expiry optionsMichael Haggerty, Apr 18, 2013
  41. 2/2 api-parse-options.txt: document "no-" for non-boolean optionsMichael Haggerty, Apr 18, 2013
  42. prune: introduce OPT_EXPIRY_DATE() and use itJunio C Hamano, Apr 25, 2013
  43. Michael HaggertyApr 17, 2013
  44. 17/33 repack_without_ref(): silence errors for dangling packed refsMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  45. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  46. Michael HaggertyApr 17, 2013
  47. 18/33 search_ref_dir(): return an index rather than a pointerMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  48. 19/33 refs: change how packed refs are deletedMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  49. 20/33 t3211: demonstrate loss of peeled refs if a packed ref is deletedMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  50. 21/33 repack_without_ref(): write peeled refs in the rewritten fileMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  51. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  52. 22/33 refs: extract a function write_packed_entry()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  53. 23/33 pack-refs: rename handle_one_ref() to pack_one_ref()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  54. 24/33 pack-refs: merge code from pack-refs.{c,h} into refs.{c,h}Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  55. 25/33 pack_one_ref(): rename "path" parameter to "refname"Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  56. 26/33 refs: use same lock_file object for both ref-packing functionsMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  57. 27/33 pack_refs(): change to use do_for_each_entry()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  58. 28/33 refs: inline function do_not_prune()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  59. 29/33 pack_one_ref(): use function peel_entry()Michael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  60. 30/33 pack_one_ref(): use write_packed_entry() to do the writingMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  61. 31/33 pack_one_ref(): do some cheap tests before a more expensive oneMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  62. 32/33 refs: change do_for_each_*() functions to take ref_cache argumentsMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013
  63. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  64. 33/33 refs: handle the main ref_cache speciallyMichael Haggerty, Apr 14, 2013

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