git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH] Add bare repository indicator for __git_ps1

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 24, 2009, 17:01 UTC
Message-ID
<7vljrvixa3.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
<49A414B8.8010906@tedpavlic.com>
Ted Pavlic <ted@tedpavlic.com> writes:
Show 10 quoted lines
>>> Keep in mind that "BARE:master" doesn't make much sense. If you're
>>
>> It reflects what HEAD points to in the bare repository.
>
> Obviously, but that seems disingenuous when you're inside the git
> dir. "HEAD" is supposed to reflect the name of the currently
> checked-out branch, and so it is tied to a working directory. I'm not
> sure why it's useful to show $GIT_DIR/HEAD in PS1 while inside .git as
> it invites operations that probably should not be done while within
> the bare repo.

It still indicates the branch in interest. That's the one you get a checkout for when you clone from the repository.

Previous: Ted PavlicNext: Marius Storm-Olsen
Message 15 of 18 in “Add bare repository indicator for __git_ps1”
  1. Add bare repository indicator for __git_ps1Marius Storm-Olsen, Feb 21, 2009
  2. Marius Storm-OlsenFeb 21, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2009
  4. Marius Storm-OlsenFeb 21, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2009
  6. Marius Storm-OlsenFeb 23, 2009
  7. Shawn O. PearceFeb 23, 2009
  8. Marius Storm-OlsenFeb 23, 2009
  9. Shawn O. PearceFeb 23, 2009
  10. Marius Storm-OlsenFeb 23, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2009
  12. Ted PavlicFeb 24, 2009
  13. Marius Storm-OlsenFeb 24, 2009
  14. Ted PavlicFeb 24, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2009
  16. Marius Storm-OlsenFeb 24, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2009
  18. Marius Storm-OlsenFeb 25, 2009

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.