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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storage

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 7, 2020, 18:14 UTC
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Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> writes:
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> I can fix this specific instance here (which is what I think you
> want), for this commit to practice what it preaches. At the same time
> there are probably about 100 or so other places where the tests check
> the file system directly for ref(log) existence, so it would never be
> totally consistent.
>
> The only way to systematically find the offending places is to
> introduce a new ref backend and then fix all the tests, and I think
> that goes outside the scope of this small series.

Good. I think we are on the same page. I suggested to make the patch internally consistent, nothing more. And fixing everything in the world is outside the scope of these two patches.

Thanks.
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  1. 0/2 Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updatesHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 6, 2020
  2. 1/2 Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storageHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 6, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2020
  4. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 7, 2020
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2020
  6. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 7, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2020
  8. 2/2 Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE.Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 6, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2020
  10. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 7, 2020
  11. 0/3 Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updatesHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2020
  12. 2/3 Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storageHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2020
  13. 3/3 Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE.Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2020
  14. 1/3 t1400: use git rev-parse for testing PSEUDOREF existenceHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 9, 2020
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2020
  16. 0/3 Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updatesHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 16, 2020
  17. 1/3 t1400: use git rev-parse for testing PSEUDOREF existenceHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 16, 2020
  18. 3/3 Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE.Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 16, 2020
  19. 2/3 Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storageHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 16, 2020
  20. Johannes SchindelinJul 17, 2020
  21. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 27, 2020
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2020
  23. Han-Wen NienhuysJul 27, 2020
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2020
  25. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 3, 2020
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2020
  27. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2020
  28. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 5, 2020
  29. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2020
  30. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 10, 2020
  31. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2020
  32. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 11, 2020
  33. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2020
  34. Han-Wen NienhuysAug 19, 2020
  35. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2020
  36. 0/3 Remove special casing for PSEUDOREF updatesHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 27, 2020
  37. 1/3 t1400: use git rev-parse for testing PSEUDOREF existenceHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 27, 2020
  38. 2/3 Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storageHan-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 27, 2020
  39. 3/3 Make HEAD a PSEUDOREF rather than PER_WORKTREE.Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget, Jul 27, 2020

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