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From: Alexey Muranov <alexey.muranov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] retain reflogs for deleted refs
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:10:55 +0200
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Cc: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>, git@vger.kernel.org,
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On 20 Jul 2012, at 17:44, Jeff King wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:49:07AM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote:
> 
>>> This patch moves reflog entries into a special "graveyard"
>>> namespace, and appends a tilde (~) character, which is
>>> not allowed in a valid ref name. This means that the deleted
>>> reflogs of these refs:
>>> 
>>>   refs/heads/a
>>>   refs/heads/a/b
>>>   refs/heads/a/b/c
>>> 
>>> will be stored in:
>>> 
>>>   logs/graveyard/refs/heads/a~
>>>   logs/graveyard/refs/heads/a/b~
>>>   logs/graveyard/refs/heads/a/b/c~
>>> 
>>> Putting them in the graveyard namespace ensures they will
>>> not conflict with live refs, and the tilde prevents D/F
>>> conflicts within the graveyard namespace.

Sorry if this idea is stupid or if i miss something, but how about putting deleted reflogs for

refs/heads/a
refs/heads/a/b
refs/heads/a/b/c

to

refs/heads/a@yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss
refs/heads/a/b@yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss
refs/heads/a/b/c@yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss

with the time they were deleted?

-Alexey.