Re: [PATCH 1/2] notes get-ref: --expand expands the output notes ref.

> "W. Trevor King" <wking@tremily.us> writes:
>> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 10:23:54PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>> Really?  Would "git log --expand master" be useful?
>>
>> I'm clearly not an expert on this, but isn't that what
>>
>>   git show-ref master
>>
>> is for?
>
> But then can't you say the same against "git notes get-ref --expand"
> with "git show-ref refs/remotes/origin/notes/foobla"?
>
> My primary point is that I think it is a UI mistake if the DWIM
> ignores the user input that directly names that can be interpreted
> without DWIMming.  When the user wants to avoid ambiguity, it should
> always be possible to spell it out without having to worry about the
> DWIM code to get in the way.
>
> The problem with the current notes.c:expand_notes_ref() is that it
> does not allow you to do that, and if you fixed that problem, the
> user never has to ask "what does this expand to", no?
>
> Perhaps something like this.  Note that this only deals with an
> existing ref, and that is semi-deliberate (because I am not yet
> convinced that it is a good idea to let any ref outside refs/notes/
> to be created to hold a notes tree).