From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:59:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t1404: mark directory/file conflict tests with REFFILES
Message-ID: <xmqqsfve3ksy.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAFQ2z_OTc41g9YgA70W8NCWKWRaRs41EJVZFihmTiPnZFOiEEw@mail.gmail.com>

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

> On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 8:39 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> And presumably, without REFFILES prerequisite, these operations
>> would be supported?  E.g. we can have 'main' branch, with 'main/1',
>> 'main/2',... refs, at the same time, with reftable?  That would be
>> quite interesting.
>
> The storage format allows D/F conflicts, but transactions are checked
> for not creating new D/F conflicts (depending on
> the value of reftable_write_options.skip_name_check).

OK.  Then once we let reffiles wither and die over time, hopefully
we can flip the bit and allow us to be in an interesting world ;-)

Nice.