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Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updates

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Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
Date
Jul 27, 2020, 08:50 UTC
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 12:10 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> I reviewed some codepaths that deal with FETCH_HEAD recently.
>
> As the file is quite different from all the other pseudo references
> in that it needs to store more than one object name and in that each
> ref in it needs more than just the object name, I doubt that it
> makes much sense to enhance the refs API so that its requirements
> can be covered.
I agree. Do we ever pretend that FETCH_HEAD is a ref today?
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Message 23 of 39 in “Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updates”
  1. 0/2 Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updatesHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 6, 2020
  2. 1/2 Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storageHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 6, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2020
  4. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 7, 2020
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2020
  6. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 7, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2020
  8. 2/2 Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE.Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 6, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2020
  10. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 7, 2020
  11. 0/3 Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updatesHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2020
  12. 2/3 Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storageHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2020
  13. 3/3 Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE.Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2020
  14. 1/3 t1400: use git rev-parse for testing PSEUDOREF existenceHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2020
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2020
  16. 0/3 Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updatesHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 16, 2020
  17. 1/3 t1400: use git rev-parse for testing PSEUDOREF existenceHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 16, 2020
  18. 3/3 Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE.Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 16, 2020
  19. 2/3 Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storageHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 16, 2020
  20. Johannes SchindelinJul 17, 2020
  21. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 27, 2020
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2020
  23. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 27, 2020
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2020
  25. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 3, 2020
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2020
  27. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2020
  28. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 5, 2020
  29. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2020
  30. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 10, 2020
  31. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2020
  32. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 11, 2020
  33. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2020
  34. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 19, 2020
  35. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2020
  36. 0/3 Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updatesHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 27, 2020
  37. 1/3 t1400: use git rev-parse for testing PSEUDOREF existenceHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 27, 2020
  38. 2/3 Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storageHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 27, 2020
  39. 3/3 Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE.Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 27, 2020

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