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Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] push: update remote tags only with force

From
Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>
Date
Jan 18, 2013, 03:18 UTC
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<20130118010638.GA29453@sigill.intra.peff.net>
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> However, if instead of the rule being
> "blobs on the remote side cannot be replaced", if it becomes "the old
> value on the remote side must be referenced by what we replace it with",
> that _is_ something we can calculate reliably on the sending side.

Interesting. I would have thought knowing reachability implied having the old object in the sending repository.

> And
> that is logically an extension of the fast-forward rule, which is why I
> suggested placing it with ref_newer (but the latter should probably be
> extended to not suggest merging if we _know_ it is a non-commit object).

Sounds great, especially if it is not dependent on the sender actually having the old object. Until this is implemented, though, I don't understand what was wrong with doing the checks in the is_forwardable() helper function (of course after fixing the regression/bug.)

Chris
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Message 31 of 61 in “push: update remote tags only with force”
  1. 0/8 push: update remote tags only with forceChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  2. 1/8 push: return reject reasons as a bitsetChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  3. 2/8 push: add advice for rejected tag referenceChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2012
  5. 0/2 push: honor advice.* configurationChris Rorvick, Dec 3, 2012
  6. 1/2 push: rename config variable for more general useChris Rorvick, Dec 3, 2012
  7. 2/2 push: allow already-exists advice to be disabledChris Rorvick, Dec 3, 2012
  8. 3/8 push: flag updatesChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  9. 4/8 push: flag updates that require forceChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  10. 5/8 push: require force for refs under refs/tags/Chris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  11. 6/8 push: require force for annotated tagsChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  12. 7/8 push: clarify rejection of update to non-commit-ishChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  13. 8/8 push: cleanup push rules commentChris Rorvick, Nov 30, 2012
  14. remote.c: fix grammatical error in commentChris Rorvick, Dec 2, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2012
  16. Max HornJan 16, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  18. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  20. Jeff KingJan 16, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  22. Chris RorvickJan 17, 2013
  23. Jeff KingJan 17, 2013
  24. Chris RorvickJan 17, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2013
  27. Chris RorvickJan 17, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2013
  29. Chris RorvickJan 17, 2013
  30. Jeff KingJan 18, 2013
  31. Chris RorvickJan 18, 2013
  32. Jeff KingJan 21, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013
  34. Chris RorvickJan 22, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  36. 0/3 Finishing touches to "push" advisesJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  37. 1/3 push: further clean up fields of "struct ref"Junio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  38. 2/3 push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCEJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  39. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  40. 3/3 push: further reduce "struct ref" and simplify the logicJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  41. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  42. 0/3 Finishing touches to "push" advisesJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  43. 1/3 push: further clean up fields of "struct ref"Junio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  44. Jeff KingJan 23, 2013
  45. 2/3 push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCEJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  46. Jeff KingJan 23, 2013
  47. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2013
  48. Jeff KingJan 24, 2013
  49. 3/3 push: further simplify the logic to assign rejection statusJunio C Hamano, Jan 22, 2013
  50. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  51. 0/3 Finishing touches to "push" advisesJunio C Hamano, Jan 23, 2013
  52. 1/3 push: further clean up fields of "struct ref"Junio C Hamano, Jan 23, 2013
  53. Eric SunshineJan 24, 2013
  54. 2/3 push: further simplify the logic to assign rejection reasonJunio C Hamano, Jan 23, 2013
  55. 3/3 push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCEJunio C Hamano, Jan 23, 2013
  56. Jeff KingJan 24, 2013
  57. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2013
  58. Chris RorvickJan 25, 2013
  59. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2013
  60. Chris RorvickJan 25, 2013
  61. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2013

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