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Re: [PATCH 1/5] t1508 (at-combinations): more tests; document failures

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
May 2, 2013, 16:56 UTC
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Felipe Contreras wrote:
> Your approach can NOT be documented.
Ah, I missed that.  The explanation I was looking for is:

HEAD has been special right from the start, and we cannot elevate anything else to its status now.

Thanks.  And sorry it took me so long.
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Message 14 of 49 in “A natural solution to the @ -> HEAD problem”
  1. 0/5 A natural solution to the @ -> HEAD problemRamkumar Ramachandra, May 1, 2013
  2. 1/5 t1508 (at-combinations): more tests; document failuresRamkumar Ramachandra, May 1, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2013
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  5. Jeff KingMay 1, 2013
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2013
  8. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  9. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  10. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
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  13. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  14. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  15. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  16. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  17. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  18. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  19. David AguilarMay 4, 2013
  20. David AguilarMay 4, 2013
  21. 2/5 sha1_name.c: don't waste cycles in the @-parsing loopRamkumar Ramachandra, May 1, 2013
  22. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  23. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2013
  25. 3/5 sha1_name.c: simplify @-parsing in get_sha1_basic()Ramkumar Ramachandra, May 1, 2013
  26. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  27. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  28. Jonathan NiederMay 1, 2013
  29. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  30. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  31. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  32. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  33. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  34. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  35. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  36. 4/5 remote.c: teach branch_get() to treat symrefs other than HEADRamkumar Ramachandra, May 1, 2013
  37. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  38. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  39. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  40. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  41. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  42. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  43. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  44. 5/5 refs.c: make @ a pseudo-ref alias to HEADRamkumar Ramachandra, May 1, 2013
  45. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  46. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  47. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  48. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013
  49. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 1, 2013

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