From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 19:14:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] glossary: describe "worktree"
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In-Reply-To: <CAFQ2z_Pvje9LM0iyiP87S-L754zepEE_9k=_4Oa0w1Lo_pb=TQ@mail.gmail.com>

Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> writes:

> on a tangent: I posted a patch to write MERGE_AUTOSTASH,
> rebase-merge/autostash, etc. as refs.
> Is that the right direction? They are read like refs, but they are
> together in a directory with other bits of stateful data (similar to
> what is appended to FETCH_HEAD). Perhaps I should rather change the
> read path, so they're always read as files rather than refs?

I think that would be a lot more preferrable.  If a file is written
to record pieces of info, among which an object name happens to be
included, it does not have to be recorded as a ref.  Especially if
it is an ephemeral file like MERGE_AUTOSTASH and FETCH_HEAD.