Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 38/44] refs.c: pack all refs before we start to rename a ref

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 10:51:53 -0700

Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:

>>> This means that most loose refs will no longer be present after the rename
>>
>> Is this to handle the "git branch -m foo/bar foo" case or for some other
>> purpose?
>
> Yes. That is the main reason.

Thanks.  Please say so in the log message.  Remember that people of
the future debugging and trying to figure out how to fix the latest
regression without breaking something else and whether to just revert
your patch cannot read your mind. ;-)

Hope that helps,
Jonathan