Re: [PATCH v6 p2 3/9] transport-helper: trivial code shuffle

>> This is not just "just shuffle the die to make it explicit" but it
>> does change the semantics; earlier ref->deletion was perfectly fine
>> as long as data->refspecs is not given, but the new code always
>> dies.
>>
>> If this semantic change is a good thing, please explain why it is so
>> in the log message.  If the change is "it does not matter because
>> when data->refspecs is not given and ref->deletion is set, we die
>> later elsewhere in the code anyway", then it needs to be described.
>
> refspecs are optional, but when they are not present the code doesn't
> work at all. This patch changes the behavior that was totally broken
> anyway.