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Re: Branch deletion (Re: [RFC] fast-import: note deletion command)

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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 18, 2011, 21:38 UTC
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Heya,
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 23:18, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the case of remote helpers, IIRC there was already a need for
> the transport-helper to handle the final ref updates so "git fetch"
> can write a nice notice about them to the console.

That book-keeping is trivial to do. The problem currently is that when you try to "git push origin :experimental-branch", there is no way for the transport-helper code to tell the helper to delete the ref. Something like 'deleteref' sounds sane I suppose, and I agree that there should be some sort of safety switch :). I think we need a new feature announcing that we require support for it, and then the importer can abort right away if the user doesn't want to have their refs deleted.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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  1. Dmitry IvankovSep 18, 2011
  2. Jonathan NiederSep 18, 2011
  3. Sverre RabbelierSep 18, 2011
  4. Dmitry IvankovSep 18, 2011
  5. fast-import wishlist (Re: [RFC] fast-import: note deletion command)Jonathan Nieder, Sep 18, 2011
  6. Branch deletion (Re: [RFC] fast-import: note deletion command)Jonathan Nieder, Sep 18, 2011
  7. Sverre RabbelierSep 18, 2011
  8. Jonathan NiederSep 18, 2011
  9. Dmitry IvankovSep 18, 2011
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