From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2015 06:30:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/16] init: allow alternate backends to be set for new repos
Message-ID: <CACsJy8DDKW4np7N+KA=dpz9uNke0+cyQD-J3U74VM=4WbsjrKQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1449102921-7707-14-git-send-email-dturner@twopensource.com>

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 1:35 AM, David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com> wrote:
> git init learns a new argument --refs-backend-type.  Presently, only
> "files" is supported, but later we will add other backends.
>
> When this argument is used, the repository's core.refsBackendType
> configuration value is set, and the refs backend's initdb function is
> used to set up the ref database.

git-init can also be used on existing repos. What happens in that case
if we use --refs-backend-type. Will existing  refs be migrated to the
new backend or hidden away?
-- 
Duy