From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Felipe Contreras Subject: RE: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2013, #02; Fri, 6) Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 04:03:39 -0600 Message-ID: <52a2f27bfe07_29836d5e98f5@nysa.notmuch> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Dec 07 11:16:00 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 1VpEvV-00011c-9a for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 11:15:57 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754171Ab3LGKPx (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Dec 2013 05:15:53 -0500 Received: from mail-ob0-f170.google.com ([209.85.214.170]:46587 "EHLO mail-ob0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753959Ab3LGKPu (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Dec 2013 05:15:50 -0500 Received: by mail-ob0-f170.google.com with SMTP id wp18so1892461obc.29 for ; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 02:15:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0y9YxBlOPdqYLikUOLIJIEhtbL0l+tZiDX58iQ/yJ9Q=; b=Jo/bwYxvqpHs2fmf24qEDN/pS54+nAw847CPbHiakRY/fr+j8ja+BUhrxfdBomxurF JukZg6TNcTWgKDxtpWX2Ij3A+r5HXT7BaSogdslxFCRiU+6tRUwDHnirB+pcnZmmS/1l sd/5AY38DYDoydmtQNEgw4eCJ2dH9bs0zS0x3BogAn5opCKG6hHA5AQHt3T2ZXXnXgqh czgj9X8pqZESTU8sqm3EMzC79409ahVp1vANuXkhg4NsuZE1pZ+A8wzp6YiF5rPRXlCa Cjxk8zrz8P9z2SUpBCq8BIk8CK8aNR8hdi7oy/OSbPqrkLR3K1I5DwGN7VB287Iblq3k Nr0w== X-Received: by 10.183.3.102 with SMTP id bv6mr5985789obd.18.1386411350213; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 02:15:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (187-162-140-241.static.axtel.net. [187.162.140.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id m7sm1228989obo.7.2013.12.07.02.15.48 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 07 Dec 2013 02:15:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano wrote: > * fc/transport-helper-fixes (2013-11-13) 12 commits > - remote-bzr: support the new 'force' option > - transport-helper: add support to delete branches > - fast-export: add support to delete refs > - fast-import: add support to delete refs > - transport-helper: add support for old:new refspec > - fast-export: add new --refspec option > - fast-export: improve argument parsing > - test-hg.sh: tests are now expected to pass > - transport-helper: check for 'forced update' message > - transport-helper: add 'force' to 'export' helpers > - transport-helper: don't update refs in dry-run > - transport-helper: mismerge fix > > Updates transport-helper, fast-import and fast-export to allow the > ref mapping and ref deletion in a way similar to the natively > supported transports. > > The option name "--refspec" needs to be rethought. It does not mean > what refspec usually means, even though it shares the same syntax > with refspec; calling it --refspec only because it shares the same > syntax is like calling it --asciistring and does not make sense. Not true. remote..fetch is a refspec, and doesn't specify what to fetch, so does the "refspec" capability in remote helpers, and so does the proposed --refspec option. It is exactly what it already means. -- Felipe Contreras