Re: followRemoteHEAD management question

From: Matt Hunter <m@lfurio.us>
Date: Jun 12, 2026, 06:11 UTC
Message-ID: <DJ6UJPXWOHVB.343AQQB4XEKNM@lfurio.us>
In-Reply-To: <DJ6IBPYNOTTY.3QKEZQ28P713V@ferdinandy.com>

On Thu Jun 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM EDT, Bence Ferdinandy wrote:

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> On Thu Jun 11, 2026 at 08:01, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>>
>> My initial thought is that it might affect clone as well as fetch. But I
>> guess this feature does not kick in for clone, as it has its own logic
>> for handling the remote-tracking HEAD. Though arguably it should be
>> possible to configure it not to create one in the first place.
>
> If memory serves well clone has set the remote/HEAD well before this and
> I think it indeed uses a different mechanism/logic.

I'm a little interested to try to look into the clone case as well, but I think I'll save it for a later patch series and keep the scope of this one as it is.

> Bit late to the party, but happy to review/test patches if they come.

Greatly appreciated!

>
> Best,
> Bence

The first version of my patches went out. You two are Cc'd on the cover letter, but that didn't propagate to the patches themselves, oops.