From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] push: use same rules as git-rev-parse to resolve refspecs
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:28:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v3avtngzc.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 11935935823045-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de
Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> writes:
> This commit changes the rules for resolving refspecs to match the
> rules for resolving refs in rev-parse. git-rev-parse uses clear rules
> to resolve a short ref to its full name, which are well documented.
> The rules for resolving refspecs documented in git-send-pack were
> less strict and harder to understand. This commit replaces them by
> the rules of git-rev-parse.
>
> The unified rules are easier to understand and better resolve ambiguous
> cases. You can now push from a repository containing several branches
> ending on the same short name.
As you introduced long names around 5/10 to have two different
ones for clarity with the goal of unifying them, so once you
unified the rules, it probably is a good idea to rename the long
"do_this_with_X_rule()" and "do_this_with_Y_rule()" functions
back to "do_this()", isn't it?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-30 8:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-28 17:46 [PATCH 0/10 v3] improve refspec handling in push Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 01/10] push: change push to fail if short refname does not exist Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 02/10] push: teach push new flag --create Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 03/10] push: support pushing HEAD to real branch name Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 04/10] push: add "git push HEAD" shorthand for 'push current branch to default repo' Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 05/10] rename ref_matches_abbrev() to ref_abbrev_matches_full_with_fetch_rules() Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 06/10] add ref_abbrev_matches_full_with_rev_parse_rules() comparing abbrev with full ref name Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 07/10] push: use same rules as git-rev-parse to resolve refspecs Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 08/10] push: teach push to accept --verbose option Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 09/10] push: teach push to pass --verbose option to transport layer Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 17:46 ` [PATCH 10/10] push: teach push to be quiet if local ref is strict subset of remote ref Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-30 8:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-30 10:15 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-30 10:26 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-10-30 10:53 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-30 19:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-31 7:53 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-31 8:45 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <B3C76DB8-076D-4C43-AC28-99119A05325C@z ib.de>
2007-10-31 9:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-31 10:50 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-31 18:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-31 21:09 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-31 21:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-01 7:03 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-11-01 9:11 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-11-01 16:43 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-11-01 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-02 7:21 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-11-02 7:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-02 10:03 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-11-02 10:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-02 11:40 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-11-02 10:03 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-11-02 13:24 ` Tom Prince
2007-11-02 13:52 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-11-02 14:49 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-11-02 19:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-02 20:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-01 8:18 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-11-01 8:36 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-11-01 9:29 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-11-02 8:18 ` Wincent Colaiuta
2007-11-02 12:14 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-02 12:48 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-11-02 13:11 ` Wincent Colaiuta
2007-10-30 18:00 ` Daniel Barkalow
2007-10-30 8:28 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2007-10-30 8:49 ` [PATCH 07/10] push: use same rules as git-rev-parse to resolve refspecs Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-30 8:28 ` [PATCH 04/10] push: add "git push HEAD" shorthand for 'push current branch to default repo' Junio C Hamano
2007-10-30 8:28 ` [PATCH 03/10] push: support pushing HEAD to real branch name Junio C Hamano
2007-10-30 8:29 ` [PATCH 01/10] push: change push to fail if short refname does not exist Junio C Hamano
2007-10-30 8:56 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-30 9:22 ` Junio C Hamano
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