# Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] gc: remove broken symrefs

1 messages from 2015-10-06 to 2015-10-06. Participants: Johannes Schindelin.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/40502

## Johannes Schindelin, 2015-10-06 13:59

Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] gc: remove broken symrefs
Message-ID: <0fff9005109d99176ae99b7bfde6c576@dscho.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/0fff9005109d99176ae99b7bfde6c576%40dscho.org

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Hi Junio,

On 2015-10-06 00:06, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
>> Oh, I appreciate your feedback. I am actually not all *that* certain
>> that removing the broken symref is the correct thing. It is this sort
>> of fruitful exchange that allows me to throw out an idea and be
>> relatively certain that something better will come out of v3 or v8 of
>> the patch series than what I had in mind.
>>
>> To be honest, the most important outcome is probably 2/4 -- which
>> should be enough to fix the issue reported by the Git for Windows
>> user. I could adjust the test so that it no longer insists that
>> origin/HEAD` be deleted, but still requires that `git gc` succeeds.
>>
>> I would have no problem to let this sit for a couple of days until
>> the final verdict.
> 
> ... and a few days have passed.  I am tempted to do the easy bits
> first, discarding the parts that both of us feel iffy for now
> without prejudice, keeping the first two commits with a bit of
> tweak.

I agree. And I just sent out v3 of the patch series.

Thanks,
Dscho

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