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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: remote#branch
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:32:56 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Jan Hudec wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 00:01:57 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Jan Hudec wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 22:35:25 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > >
> > > > ',' is allowed in ref names, so ',' is out.
> > > 
> > > Actually since many characters that are allowed in ref name are not 
> > > allowed in URL at all, the ref-name has to be url-escaped. Which 
> > > brings all characters back in, because they can always be specified 
> > > escaped.
> > 
> > No.  The URL part of it has to be encoded.  But the ref names do 
> > _not_.  (If we really want to have a way to specify the remote URL and 
> > the branch(es) we want to fetch _at the same time_.)
> 
> If the branch names are not url-escaped, than the result is not an URL. 
> Which is just ugly and confusing. If it looks like an URL, it should 
> better be one.

So all you're saying is: it is not possible.

Well, discussion ended, I guess.

Ciao,
Dscho