From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 19:02:38 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] builtin/replace: unset read_replace_refs
Message-ID: <loom.20131207T200130-598@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <20131207162106.21478.98950.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

Christian Couder <chriscool <at> tuxfamily.org> writes:

> 
> When checking to see if some objects are of the same type
> and when displaying the type of objects, git replace uses
> the sha1_object_info() function.
> 
> Unfortunately this function by default respects replace
> refs, so instead of the type of a replaced object, it
> gives the type of the replacement object which might
> be different.

Wasn't replace mechanism tightened, so that replacing object
must be the same type as replaced object?

Is there a situation where you might want replace object
with different type of object?

-- 
Jakub Narębski