Re: [PATCH] Use git-update-ref to update a ref during commit in git-cvsserver

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Feb 20, 2007, 21:57 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.0.82.0702201654310.31945@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <200702202010.02128.andyparkins@gmail.com>

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:

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> Nicholas Pitre mentioned that updating a reference should be done with
> git-update-ref.
> 
> This patch does that and includes the -m option to have the reflog
> updated as a bonus.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
> ---
> As promised...

What if git-update-ref fails? This may occur if the server repo was updated and the client needs to "cvs up" again before commit.

Nicolas

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