From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: Is origin/HEAD only being created on clone a bug? #leftoverbits
Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 11:46:16 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqbmcxg8sn.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqo9gyey13.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Wed, 30 May 2018 10:24:08 +0900")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> - When we fetch from a remote that has refs/remotes/$name/HEAD, and
> if the protocol notices that their HEAD today is pointing to a
> branch different from what our side has, should we repoint ours
> to match?
>
> I am leaning against doing this, but mostly out of superstition.
> ...
> interested in". But once fetch starts messing with where
> origin/HEAD points at, that would no longer be the case, which is
> why I am against doing something magical like that.
Well, I shouldn't say "I am against" on the last line; rather, "I
feel uneasy".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-30 2:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-29 18:30 Is origin/HEAD only being created on clone a bug? #leftoverbits Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-29 19:17 ` Brandon Williams
2018-05-30 1:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-30 2:46 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-06-01 6:51 ` Jeff King
2018-05-31 7:42 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-06-01 1:32 ` Junio C Hamano
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