Re: [PATCH v3] refs/files: keep root refs out of loose ref cache

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 21, 2026, 02:27 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqik2vss86.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <atcNOMxaz2WxDIA1@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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>> Changes from v2:
>> - Drop fixes to documentation of REFS_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS and
>>   --include-root-refs added in v2. I'll create a separate patch with
>>   those as well as other fixes for outdated uses of "pseudoref".
>> 
>> The range diff shows the changes from v1, because they're of more
>> interest than dropping the documentation changes I'd added in v2.
>
> Thanks for this. By the way, I would recommend to have a look at b4,
> which handles all of the bookkeeping for you.

Perhaps it cuts both ways. Can you tell b4 to do the flexible thing the author did in this case?

> In any case, this patch looks good to me. Thanks!

Thanks for writing and reviewing.  Let me mark the topic for 'next'.