From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:04:08 GMT
Subject: Re: Re* [RFC/PATCH] extend meaning of "--root" option to index comparisons
Message-ID: <gb5uq6$565$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <3665a1a00809210858r1c494d22p77b5e9964c06424e@mail.gmail.com>

Anatol Pomozov wrote:

> What about following algorithm. HEAD points to ref and ref is not
> created yet. Additional check could be
>  a) there are no other refs
>  or/and b) object database is empty

What about the case when you create _independent_ branch (additional
root, i.e. parentless commit), like 'html', 'man' and 'todo' branches
in git.git repository?  Neither a) nor b) applies, and I don't consider
such situation a bug.  HEAD should be in proper symref format:
"ref: refs/heads/<branchname>".

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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