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Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com> writes:

> I might not want to take action on these ideas though, e.g.
> branch_get("HEAD") or remote_for_branch(NULL) are very convenient
> for callers even though they behave slightly inconsisently. I'll
> propose a longer term direction when I have a better grasp of the
> system and the tradeoffs.

Yup, that sounds like a good plan.