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Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] ref backend preamble

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Jul 10, 2015, 14:34 UTC
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From: "David Turner" <dturner@twopensource.com>
> The current state of the discussion on alternate ref backends is that
> we're going to continue to store pseudorefs (e.g. CHERRY_PICK_HEAD) as

Assuming this is accepted, should the definition of pseudorefs be included in the gitglossary?

Once ref backends become common, the distinction will needed in the docs.

> files in $GIT_DIR.  So this re-roll of the refs backend preamble
> doesn't do anything to pseudorefs.  It just does reflog stuff.
>

-- Philip

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Message 12 of 14 in “ref backend preamble”
  1. 0/7 ref backend preambleDavid Turner, Jul 9, 2015
  2. 1/7 refs.c: add err arguments to reflog functionsDavid Turner, Jul 9, 2015
  3. Michael HaggertyJul 21, 2015
  4. 2/7 refs: Break out check for reflog autocreationDavid Turner, Jul 9, 2015
  5. 3/7 refs: new public ref function: safe_create_reflogDavid Turner, Jul 9, 2015
  6. 4/7 git-reflog: add exists commandDavid Turner, Jul 9, 2015
  7. Michael HaggertyJul 21, 2015
  8. 5/7 refs: add REF_FORCE_CREATE_REFLOG flagDavid Turner, Jul 9, 2015
  9. 6/7 update-ref and tag: add --create-reflog argDavid Turner, Jul 9, 2015
  10. Michael HaggertyJul 21, 2015
  11. 7/7 git-stash: use update-ref --create-reflog instead of creating filesDavid Turner, Jul 9, 2015
  12. Philip OakleyJul 10, 2015
  13. David TurnerJul 10, 2015
  14. Michael HaggertyJul 21, 2015

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