From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:49:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] refs: disallow ref components starting with hyphen
Message-ID: <7vpq7v38bd.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v7gu34ow0.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Michael Schubert <mschub@elegosoft.com> writes:
>
>> Currently, we allow refname components to start with a hyphen. There's
>> no good reason to do so...
>
> That is way too weak as a justification to potentially break
> existing repositories.
>
> Refusal upon attempted creation is probably OK, which is why the two
> checks you removed in your patches are fine.

Just to clarify, I meant that the existing checks were OK because
they were meant to prevent creation.  I didn't mean removal of them
was OK.