Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] update-ref: add symref support for --stdin

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 23, 2024, 16:03 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq1q5swm52.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbk4wy3ji.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> Wait.  There is something fishy going on.
>
>> Range diff vs v1:
>>  1:  1bc4cc3fc4 =  1:  1bc4cc3fc4 refs: accept symref values in `ref_transac...
>>...
>>  8:  4865707bda =  8:  4865707bda refs: remove `create_symref` and associated dead code
>>  9:  4cb67dce7c !  9:  2bbdeff798 refs: create and use `ref_update_ref_must_exist()`
> ...
> I am confused why we are seeing a total reroll of such an old topic.
>
> Also you have one more patch at the end.  Neither the before or
> after version of 9/9.
>
> Is this actually a single patch submission of 9/9 alone?  Patches
> 1-8/9 are all old ones that are in 'master' already.

And then there is a mystery of this v2 being a 6-patch series. Perhpas a wrong range-diff was pasted into it? If this were truly a total reroll of the previous 8-patch series with an extra step appended to the end, it would have been a 9-patch series, not 6.

Even puzzled...