From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] check_ref_format(): tighten refname rules
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:59:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090323135901.GB9732@spearce.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <345e795e1891c628ad8356b730fade9f7a81e2f6.1237791716.git.gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> This changes the rules for refnames to forbid:
>
> (1) a refname that contains "@{" in it.
> (2) a refname that ends with a dot.
How about also "that end in .lock" ?
$ git branch foo.lock
$ git branch foo
fatal: Unable to create '.git/refs/heads/foo.lock': File exists.
If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a
git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git
process is running and remove the file manually to contin
Oh, apparently there is also something wrong with the error message...
$ git version
git version 1.6.2.1.433.g0cbc
--
Shawn.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-23 14:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-23 7:58 [PATCH v2 0/7] Clean up interpret_nth_last_branch feature Junio C Hamano
2009-03-23 7:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] Rename interpret/substitute nth_last_branch functions Junio C Hamano
2009-03-23 7:58 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] strbuf_branchname(): a wrapper for branch name shorthands Junio C Hamano
2009-03-23 7:58 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] check-ref-format --branch: give Porcelain a way to grok branch shorthand Junio C Hamano
2009-03-23 7:58 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] Fix branch -m @{-1} newname Junio C Hamano
2009-03-23 7:58 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] strbuf_check_branch_ref(): a helper to check a refname for a branch Junio C Hamano
2009-03-23 7:58 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] check_ref_format(): tighten refname rules Junio C Hamano
2009-03-23 7:58 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] checkout -: make "-" to mean "previous branch" everywhere Junio C Hamano
2009-03-23 13:59 ` Shawn O. Pearce [this message]
2009-03-23 16:03 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] check_ref_format(): tighten refname rules Junio C Hamano
2009-03-23 8:10 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] Clean up interpret_nth_last_branch feature Junio C Hamano
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