From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:50:56 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] push: update remote tags only with force
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Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com> writes:

>> I am *not* convinced that the "refs/tags/ is the only special
>> hierarchy whose contents should not move" is a bad limitation we
>> should avoid, but if it indeed is a bad limitation, the above is one
>> possible way to think about avoiding it.
>
> What other hierarchy besides branches and tags is there? Do you have
> in mind some other that should not move?

People use their own hierarchies for various purposes that are not
pre-defined by git-core, e.g. refs/changes/, refs/pull/, etc.
Depending on the semantics the projects want out of these
hierarchies, some of them may well be considered "create-only".