From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: "Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee•org>
Cc: "Andreas Krey" <a.krey@gmx•de>, "Git Mailing List" <git@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Unconfuse git clone when two branches at are HEAD.
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 07:44:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqr4cy5a2z.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5425F66B510F423EA685BCEF40EF8FA7@PhilipOakley> (Philip Oakley's message of "Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:00:24 +0100")
"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee•org> writes:
> One is to extend the ref format such that
> <sha1> refs/heads/Test:HEAD
> would be considered a valid indicator of a symref relationship
> (i.e. using the typical 'colon' style). It would be appended after the
> regular refs, so all the existing refs are still transported.
>
> The point is that while it produces an error, it doesn't stop the
> cloning, and the error message
> "error: * Ignoring funny ref 'refs/remotes/origin/Test:HEAD' locally"
> gives a pretty clear statement of intent to those with older versions
> of git.
Cute. If it does not stop any of these:
git ls-remote such.bundle
git clone such.bundle
git fetch such.bundle
git fetch such.bundle master ;# if 'master' branch is in it
git ls-remote such.bundle
git ls-remote such.bundle master ;# if 'master' branch is in it
even if some of them may give error messages, I think that may be a
workable escape hatch.
> Another alternative is to add an additional name space (e.g.)
> <sha1> refs/remotes/origin/HEAD/Test
> which would simply be an extra directory layer that reflects where the
> HEAD should have been. Though this namespace example has the D/F
> conflict.
I'd rather not go this route. Allowing refs/heads/master and local
branches that forked from it in refs/heads/master/{a,b,c,...} could
be a potentially useful future enhancement, and this approach will
close the door for it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-09 14:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-06 15:52 [PATCH 0/3] Unconfuse git clone when two branches at are HEAD Andreas Krey
2013-09-06 15:56 ` [PATCH 1/3] upload-pack: send the HEAD information Andreas Krey
2013-09-06 17:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-06 19:29 ` Andreas Krey
2013-09-06 19:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-08 7:13 ` Jeff King
2013-09-08 7:22 ` Jeff King
2013-09-08 17:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-18 2:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Removing the guesswork of HEAD in "clone" Junio C Hamano
2013-09-18 2:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] upload-pack.c: do not pass confusing cb_data to mark_our_ref() Junio C Hamano
2013-09-18 2:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] upload-pack: send symbolic ref information as capability Junio C Hamano
2013-09-18 4:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-18 2:31 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] upload-pack: send non-HEAD symbolic refs Junio C Hamano
2013-09-18 2:31 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] connect.c: make parse_feature_value() static Junio C Hamano
2013-09-18 2:31 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] connect: annotate refs with their symref information in get_remote_head() Junio C Hamano
2013-09-18 2:31 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] clone: test the new HEAD detection logic Junio C Hamano
2013-09-06 15:56 ` [PATCH 2/3] connect.c: save symref info from server capabilities Andreas Krey
2013-09-06 17:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-06 19:25 ` Andreas Krey
2013-09-06 19:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-06 15:57 ` [PATCH 3/3] clone: test the new HEAD detection logic Andreas Krey
2013-09-06 17:29 ` [PATCH 0/3] Unconfuse git clone when two branches at are HEAD Philip Oakley
2013-09-06 18:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-06 23:19 ` Philip Oakley
2013-09-07 15:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-07 19:19 ` Philip Oakley
2013-09-08 17:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-08 21:00 ` Philip Oakley
2013-09-09 14:44 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2013-09-09 16:08 ` Andreas Krey
2013-09-09 22:20 ` Philip Oakley
2013-09-09 22:26 ` Junio C Hamano
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