Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] completion: refactor existence checks for pseudorefs

From: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 09:24:07 +0100

On Wed, Dec 06, 2023 at 10:06:39PM -0800, Stan Hu wrote:
> In preparation for the reftable backend, this commit introduces a
> '__git_pseudoref_exists' function that continues to use 'test -f' to
> determine whether a given pseudoref exists in the local filesystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stan Hu <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> index 13a39ebd2e..9fbdc13f9a 100644
> --- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> +++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
> @@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ __git ()
>  		${__git_dir:+--git-dir="$__git_dir"} "$@" 2>/dev/null
>  }
>  
> +# Runs git in $__git_repo_path to determine whether a ref exists.
> +# 1: The ref to search
> +__git_ref_exists ()

I first thought that you missed Junio's point that `__git_ref_exists`
may better be renamed to something lkie `__git_pseudoref_exists`. But
you do indeed change the name in the second patch. I'd propose to
instead squash the rename into the first patch so that the series
becomes easier to read.

Patrick