Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] refs: improve handling of special refs

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Dec 21, 2023, 10:08 UTC
Message-ID: <ZYQOnAeRWsiGTr6n@framework>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqil4ssmfg.fsf@gitster.g>

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 11:28:51AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> 
> > Patrick Steinhardt (4):
> >   wt-status: read HEAD and ORIG_HEAD via the refdb
> >   refs: propagate errno when reading special refs fails
> >   refs: complete list of special refs
> >   bisect: consistently write BISECT_EXPECTED_REV via the refdb
> 
> With the clear understanding that we plan to make those other than
> FETCH_HEAD and MERGE_HEAD in the is_special_ref().special_refs[]
> eventually not special at all, this round looked quite sensible to
> me.
> 
> Let's merge it down to 'next'.

Thanks. We (myself or a fellow team member at GitLab) will work on converting the remaining not-so-special refs once this topic lands on the `master` branch. Unless of course somebody else picks it up before we do.

Patrick