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Re: Dropping '+' from fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*?

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Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Sep 5, 2011, 21:14 UTC
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On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 13:57, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 01:53:42PM -0700, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>
>> > Sure. I'm totally open to the idea of making the non-fast-forward
>> > warning more obvious. Suggestions for wording (though I am tempted by
>> > "HEY STUPID" above ;) )?
>>
>> I'm not suggesting all non-fast-forward should issue a bigger warning.
>> pu updates daily with a non-fast-forward. That isn't useful.
>>
>> But if the local reflog hints that this reference almost never does a
>> non-fast-forward, and then it does, that should be a big warning.
>
> Right. What I mean is, what should the bigger warning look like?
Its a bikeshed. I refuse to paint bikesheds. :-)
> Also, you suggested caching to avoid looking through the whole reflog
> each time. I think you could probably just sample the last 10 or so
> reflog entries to get an idea.

Good point. 10 or so last records might be representative of the branch's recent behavior, which is all that matters to the user who wants this warning.

-- 
Shawn.
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Message 20 of 27 in “Dropping '+' from fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*?”
  1. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2011
  3. Shawn PearceSep 1, 2011
  4. Michael J GruberSep 1, 2011
  5. Matthieu MoySep 1, 2011
  6. Shawn PearceSep 1, 2011
  7. Matthieu MoySep 2, 2011
  8. Jeff KingSep 2, 2011
  9. Johannes SixtSep 2, 2011
  10. Jeff KingSep 2, 2011
  11. Michael J GruberSep 2, 2011
  12. Jeff KingSep 2, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2011
  14. Jeff KingSep 2, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2011
  16. Shawn PearceSep 5, 2011
  17. Jeff KingSep 5, 2011
  18. Shawn PearceSep 5, 2011
  19. Jeff KingSep 5, 2011
  20. Shawn PearceSep 5, 2011
  21. fetch: bigger forced-update warningsJeff King, Sep 7, 2011
  22. Shawn PearceSep 7, 2011
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2011
  24. Jeff KingSep 7, 2011
  25. Thomas RastSep 7, 2011
  26. Matthieu MoySep 6, 2011
  27. Michael J GruberSep 6, 2011

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