From: Oswald Buddenhagen Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:48:35 GMT Subject: Re: branch description as a note? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <07e3a0a3-7551-4f54-bc3c-afd8dae7da02@app.fastmail.com> On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 11:07:55PM +0100, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: >On Wed, Dec 11, 2024, at 21:13, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: >> See also this project idea https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/438 >> >> Which also links to a 2019 thread. >> >> With +CC on the participants. I hope that’s okay. > >Reiterating what I wrote there > >https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/issues/438#issuecomment-2381017430 > >I would store all ref metadata in one ref. Either divide it >up into files or have one structured file. I’ve seen this idea >floating around. I haven’t seen any purpose-built tools for it yet. > https://wiki.qt.io/Git-gpush-scripts does exactly that, but putting a state file into a special ref. this script suite can be used to address bence's use case of migrating wip state between machines, by having a git remote for the "magic" ref space. it's not perfect for a patch-based workflow, as i bolted it on as an afterthought. and it could also use a github-centered mode. patches welcome.