Re: [RFC] Hidden refs

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 13, 2010, 17:51 UTC
Message-ID: <7vmxqim167.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20101013174647.GB13752@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:42:41AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>> 
>> > Yeah, I believe "." at the front of a directory component is explicitly
>> > forbidden by check_ref_format. I don't recall whether there was a
>> > specific rationale, or whether it was simply a can of worms we didn't
>> > want to explore.
>> 
>> Is "log foo...bar" a symmetric difference between foo and bar, or is it an
>> assymmetric one from foo and .bar?
>
> Thanks, I was sure there was a simple example of how it would make
> things ambiguous, but for some reason I couldn't think of one.

Of course, it points at an existing bug as well. --- the example could mean an asymmetric difference from foo. to bar ;-)