From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 01:45:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] teach branch-specific options for format-patch
Message-ID: <xmqqh8a5k9bu.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <87tve6gtcp.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> This may just be more insanity to implement right now, but perhaps in
> addition to "gitdir:" etc. in the IncludeIf config syntax we'd want to
> aim for "HEADref" (or some saner name). I.e. allowing to include/enable
> arbitrary config based on the ref name.
>
> Chicken & egg problems though...

The saner name might be

    [IncludeIf "onBranch:my-topic"] path = ...

Would we discard the section when "branch -d my-topic" is done, or
would we keep it for the next creation of the branch with the same
name?