From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:50:52 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Teach parse_commit_buffer about grafting.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0508181737220.3412@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <17157.10227.296309.809074@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>


On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> 
> > Umm. git-rev-list really does everything. Rule of thumb: if you _ever_
> > need to look at any other internal git information, you're probably doing
> > something wrong, or you've missed yet another flag ;)
> 
> I still look in [gitdir]/refs/tags/* and [gitdir]/refs/heads/*, what
> flag have I missed? :)  Junio wants me to look at everything under
> [gitdir]/refs, in fact.  Or are the refs not considered internal git
> information?

Ahh, ok, fair enough. git-rev-list won't give you that. 

And yes, the general rule is that anything under .git/refs/ is potentially 
a reference. If it's under "heads/" or "tags/" it's a branch/tag, and then 
the prefix "heads/" or "tags/" shouldn't be part of the name - you already 
show the difference with colors. Anything else is unusual, but bisection 
puts refs in the ".git/refs/bisect" directory for example, and if gitk 
were to show those, it should probably show them in yet another color, and 
_with_ the "bisect/" prefix..

		Linus