From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/16] init: allow alternate backends to be set for new repos
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 07:30:13 +0100
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On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 1:35 AM, David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com> wrote:
> git init learns a new argument --refs-backend-type.  Presently, only
> "files" is supported, but later we will add other backends.
>
> When this argument is used, the repository's core.refsBackendType
> configuration value is set, and the refs backend's initdb function is
> used to set up the ref database.

git-init can also be used on existing repos. What happens in that case
if we use --refs-backend-type. Will existing  refs be migrated to the
new backend or hidden away?
-- 
Duy