Re: [BUG] StGit removed git branch of the same name as StGit branch

[Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>]

J. Bruce Fields wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 10:01:44PM +0100, Jakub Narebski wrote:
>
>> I have used StGit (wonderfull tool) to manage patches on git branch 
>> gitweb/web. Unfortunately, I have named stg branch the same as git 
>> branch. When removing stg branch (I wanted to remove 
>> heads/base/gitweb/web) using "stg branch --delete gitweb/web" it 
>> deleted also git branch when I wanted to remove only the StGit managed 
>> indicator.
> 
> You probably actually had to "stg branch --delete --force", didn't you?

Nope. "stg branch --delete gitweb/web"

> What you want is "stg commit".

No. Whole stack was committed, I wanted only get rid of
heads/base/gitweb/web (of StGit managed branch indicator).

>> Perhaps that is correct behavior... but certainly unexpected.
> 
> I think "stg branch --delete" is pretty clearly named and documented....

I thought it delete only stg branch, refs/base/gitwbe/web, and not
refs/heads/gitweb/web.
 
> The idea I guess was to make it possible to use stgit (and only stgit)
> for everything, and never type a git command.  It might have been better
> to make stgit only manage patch series, and admit that people should use
> git for the rest.  Then it might work more like you expect.

Yes, I expected to use StGit as a kind of preprocessing (branch preparation)
for git.
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Jakub Narebski
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