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Re: [PATCH 1/1] builtin/show-ref: treat directory directory as non-existing in --exists

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Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
Date
Jan 10, 2024, 15:20 UTC
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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
> It may not be worth a reroll, but I found the explanation you gave in
> the cover letter more illuminating than what is written above for
> explaining why this change is desirable. In particular, the discussion
> of the reftable backend was very helpful.

Well, I wasn't sure the explanation would be relevant in the present, because the reftable backend might happen relatively far into the future.

-- Toon

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Message 4 of 8 in “Fix error message in git-show-ref(1) --exists”
  1. 0/1 Fix error message in git-show-ref(1) --existsToon Claes, Jan 10, 2024
  2. 1/1 builtin/show-ref: treat directory directory as non-existing in --existsToon Claes, Jan 10, 2024
  3. Eric SunshineJan 10, 2024
  4. Toon ClaesJan 10, 2024
  5. Patrick SteinhardtJan 17, 2024
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2024
  7. Toon ClaesJan 18, 2024
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2024

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