Subject: Re: Question about 'branch -d' safety

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:40:50 -0500

Clemens Buchacher wrote:

>          Maybe the real solution is a reflog for deleted branch
> heads, rather than being too careful about whether or not a branch
> can be deleted.

Yes, I think so.  Would there be any bad side effects to this?

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index b540067..7ed0154 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,6 @@ int delete_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int delopt)
 	 */
 	ret |= repack_without_ref(refname);
 
-	unlink_or_warn(git_path("logs/%s", lock->ref_name));
 	invalidate_cached_refs();
 	unlock_ref(lock);
 	return ret;
--