Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] wt-status: read HEAD and ORIG_HEAD via the refdb

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 14, 2023, 16:41 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy1dwohxx.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ZXrFOtKNLxyT8Csj@tanuki>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

>> OK, I somehow got a (wrong) impression that you are very close to
>> the finish line.
>
> You mean with the reftable backend?

It would be a major achievement if we just stop bypassing refs API to read/write ORIG_HEAD and friends, even if we are still using only the files backend. And I meant that I got an impression that you are very close to that, regardless of the readiness of the reftable support.

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