From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Remote's 'currently active branch' not HEAD? Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:33:39 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20130903104652.GA5813@inner.h.apk.li> <20130903114831.GA8559@inner.h.apk.li> <20130903123733.GR12966@inner.h.apk.li> <20130903130250.GB20459@pc.elego.de> <20130903135034.GS12966@inner.h.apk.li> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Michael Schubert , Git Mailing List To: Andreas Krey X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Sep 03 17:33:49 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VGsc1-0001Rm-AC for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:33:49 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756599Ab3ICPdp (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Sep 2013 11:33:45 -0400 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:56804 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754722Ab3ICPdo (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Sep 2013 11:33:44 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71C653E1F1; Tue, 3 Sep 2013 15:33:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=IKWhYynfghKzDaFSqrsusAihtWw=; b=vc9b7U o5qpKlsv3DMiHs2TTurGgIzQLZ/eqB0lB1Z2Q94eVpv4hl5iiCt9qAQw7pLl/Mk6 ho2tdCuQPp+N5/pV8HvLp9E8IHa5wjDQOBo9QWBAp1GT2NCd44VIvJK63QTdFZ2a TXryGhgyGoE7rgtKJODTQ2QP98rXHKevKUkY4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=jVwZZSk8jQNyqmL7GpjX8tU2yZ2OHDW7 9sqbPHHSZrN8bWZy83pyUkLYseosHJdRHrjPtXJV2WsHNW3hlY6fA/CiYGZfwL9F 5r+fDMbC4TYBNcpDH7xF6CgfmX7gto5OYe2mR+TyEQogt9C/HxulbvH8Mb7z/ul9 7cy0fWfjVMs= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE4353E1ED; Tue, 3 Sep 2013 15:33:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [72.14.226.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B1DB43E1E6; Tue, 3 Sep 2013 15:33:41 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20130903135034.GS12966@inner.h.apk.li> (Andreas Krey's message of "Tue, 3 Sep 2013 15:50:34 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 3635E69C-14AE-11E3-97B9-CA9B8506CD1E-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Andreas Krey writes: > On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:02:50 +0000, Michael Schubert wrote: > ... >> > happen to have the HEAD *commit* as their tip. >> >> Yes, it picks the first of those: >> >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168144 > > Thanks for the pointer. > > And pity, the patches didn't make it that time either... And the key article in that discussion by Peff points to http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/102039 with "I had some complaints at the time, but re-reading it I don't see anything that would prevent us from revisiting the topic now." Reading the patch series from 2008 again, I do agree with J6t's comment that it should be just a regular capability, i.e. like what Peff suggests in his comment on [PATCH 5/6 (v2)], but other than that, I do not see anything that would prevent us from revisiting the topic now, either.