Re: [QUESTION] Tracking HEAD changes?

From: Yaron Wittenstein <yaron.wittenstein@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 1, 2021, 10:02 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGgn8Pcnxu6vQbkpgBf=A-tBdhP5npne-dZpFv9MzdEUuuRYgQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <YDyt6h3dphnG8kwk@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Cool, thanks!

On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 11:03 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 10:58:37PM +0200, Yaron Wittenstein wrote:
>
> > I'd like to make sure I understand the way things are right now:
> >
> > 1. The reference-transaction hook as it's today doesn't intercept
> > symbolic-references changes. It means that when HEAD changes due to
> > branch-switching the hook won't
> > get called.
> >
> > Are there any other cases that today the transaction won't execute? (I
> > couldn't think of one)
>
> No, I don't think so.
>
> > 2. The mechanisms that handle the changes to index and working-dir are
> > isolated from the one that manages the refs updates.
> >
> > A side-effect to that is the post-index-change hook running before the
> > reference-transaction one.
> > Future code changes to the way git operates could result in the
> > reference-transaction hook running before the post-index-change one.
> >
> > Is that correct?
>
> Yes, that matches my understanding.
>
> -Peff