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Re: [PATCH 3/6] bisect: use refs infrastructure for BISECT_START

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 25, 2015, 16:52 UTC
Message-ID
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David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com> writes:
> This ref needs to go through the refs backend, since some code assumes
> that it can be written and read as a ref.
And BISECT_HEAD should no longer be a ref because...?
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>
> Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
> ---
>  contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 2 +-
>  git-bisect.sh                          | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> index 93716c4..c4d4d80 100644
> --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> @@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ _git_bisect ()
>  	local subcommands="start bad good skip reset visualize replay log run"
>  	local subcommand="$(__git_find_on_cmdline "$subcommands")"
>  	if [ -z "$subcommand" ]; then
> -		if [ -f "$(__gitdir)"/BISECT_START ]; then
> +		if [ git rev-parse BISECT_START 2>/dev/null ]; then
>  			__gitcomp "$subcommands"
>  		else
>  			__gitcomp "replay start"
> diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
> index ae3fec2..8658772 100755
> --- a/git-bisect.sh
> +++ b/git-bisect.sh
> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ bisect_start() {
>  	#
>  	echo "$start_head" >"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START" && {
>  		test "z$mode" != "z--no-checkout" ||
> -		git update-ref --no-deref BISECT_HEAD "$start_head"
> +		git rev-parse "$start_head" > "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_HEAD"
>  	} &&
>  	git rev-parse --sq-quote "$@" >"$GIT_DIR/BISECT_NAMES" &&
>  	eval "$eval true" &&
> @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ bisect_clean_state() {
>  	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_RUN" &&
>  	# Cleanup head-name if it got left by an old version of git-bisect
>  	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/head-name" &&
> -	git update-ref -d --no-deref BISECT_HEAD &&
> +	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_HEAD" &&
>  	# clean up BISECT_START last
>  	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_START"
>  }
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Message 7 of 16 in “refs backend preamble”
  1. 0/6 refs backend preambleDavid Turner, Jun 24, 2015
  2. 1/6 refs.c: add an err argument to log_ref_setupDavid Turner, Jun 24, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2015
  4. 2/6 cherry-pick: Use refs infrastructure for CHERRY_PICK_HEADDavid Turner, Jun 24, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2015
  6. 3/6 bisect: use refs infrastructure for BISECT_STARTDavid Turner, Jun 24, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2015
  8. David TurnerJun 25, 2015
  9. 4/6 refs: replace log_ref_write with create_reflogDavid Turner, Jun 24, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2015
  11. 5/6 git-reflog: add create and exists functionsDavid Turner, Jun 24, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2015
  14. David TurnerJun 25, 2015
  15. 6/6 git-stash: use git-reflog instead of creating filesDavid Turner, Jun 24, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2015

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