From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 18:09:34 GMT
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2016, #05; Thu, 16)
Message-ID: <xmqqmvmhvyn5.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <576650E7.70107@alum.mit.edu>

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> According to [1], something in that test seems to have been trying to run
>
>     git update-ref -d git-p4-tmp/6
>
> Similarly in the other failed test.

Ah, OK, that would try mucking with .git/git-p4-tmp/6 but that is
not a place to have a ref.  It will not participate in reachability
analysis and will end up losing the referents.

Perhaps placing it under refs/git-p4-tmp would fix it (both in
git-p4 and in tests)?