Re: [PATCH 2/5] refs: make `is_pseudoref_syntax()` stricter

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2024, 17:38 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5xzkosqc.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ba721840-7b67-4822-8046-c0da4d3b9bde@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> I not sure I quite understand what you mean here. Are you saying that
> scripts should stop using "git update-ref" and "git rev-parse" for
> anything that does not match the new pseudoref syntax?

Yes, I am saying that, and also that we should have been stricter on what we accept and consider as pseudorefs---not just any file that sits directly under $GIT_DIR/., but ideally we should have limited to "^[A-Z]*_HEAD$" or something. The idea I am floating is to see if such a tightening can be done now without hearing too many screams.

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