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Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] initial_ref_transaction_commit(): function for initial ref creation

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 15, 2015, 18:39 UTC
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
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> It would seem to make sense to add a test here that there are no
> existing references, because that is how the function *should* be
> used. But in fact, the "testgit" remote helper appears to call it
> *after* having set up refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD and
> refs/remotes/<name>/master, so we can't be so strict.

Is "testgit" so hard to fix (or so sacred to break) that we want to sacrifice the quality of this part that is nearer to the core?

> For now, the
> function trusts its caller to only call it when it makes sense. Future
> commits will add some more limited sanity checks.
OK.
Thanks.
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Message 17 of 30 in “Improve "refs" module encapsulation”
  1. 00/12 Improve "refs" module encapsulationMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  2. 01/12 delete_ref(): move declaration to refs.hMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  3. 02/12 remove_branches(): remove temporaryMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  4. 03/12 delete_ref(): handle special case more explicitlyMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  6. 04/12 delete_refs(): new function for the refs APIMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  7. 05/12 delete_refs(): improve error messageMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  9. Michael HaggertyJun 19, 2015
  10. 06/12 prune_remote(): use delete_refs()Michael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  12. Jeff KingJun 15, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  14. 07/12 repack_without_refs(): make function privateMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  15. 08/12 initial_ref_transaction_commit(): function for initial ref creationMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  18. Jeff KingJun 15, 2015
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  20. Michael HaggertyJun 20, 2015
  21. 09/12 refs: remove some functions from the module's public interfaceMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  22. 10/12 initial_ref_transaction_commit(): check for duplicate refsMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  23. 11/12 initial_ref_transaction_commit(): check for ref D/F conflictsMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  24. 12/12 refs: move the remaining ref module declarations to refs.hMichael Haggerty, Jun 13, 2015
  25. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  26. Jeff KingJun 15, 2015
  27. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  28. Michael HaggertyJun 20, 2015
  29. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2015
  30. Stefan BellerJun 15, 2015

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