From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:41:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] check_ref_format(): tighten refname rules
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0903221539060.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <1237673619-12608-2-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>

Hi,

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Yes, I know that tightening rules retroactively is bad, but this changes 
> the rules for refnames to forbid:

Tightening rules retroactively is not only bad (if sometimes necessary), 
but tightening rules without giving the user a chance to recover is really 
bad.

'git branch -m' uses check_ref_format() to check the old name.

OTOH, a _warning_ should be plenty enough in most cases, and _not_ share 
the shortcomings with tightening.

Ciao,
Dscho