From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: Missing features in git Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:53:18 +0100 Organization: At home Message-ID: References: <20061114134958.5326.qmail@science.horizon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:54:06 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl Mail-Copies-To: jnareb@gmail.com User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjzfH-0000NR-Hm for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:53:31 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965899AbWKNOxH (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:53:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965886AbWKNOxH (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:53:07 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:27074 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965899AbWKNOxF (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:53:05 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GjzeO-00008n-SJ for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:52:36 +0100 Received: from host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl ([81.190.24.209]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:52:36 +0100 Received: from jnareb by host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:52:36 +0100 To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org linux@horizon.com wrote: > One thing I noticed is that with ref logs, you've just re-invented the > CVS problem of associating history with a name. If you want to rename > a branch (say, from "mischacks" to something suitable for publication), > do you rename the log or not? It's a less virulent form, but it seems > like the same disease. Well, it would be nice to have command to rename branches (with its reflog) and to rename tags (even in their packed format). [...] > Then you could check out an arbitrary version without any of the annoyance > above; I could "git checkout tags/foo" or even "git checkout deadbeef~3". > I wouldn't be on a current branch (which would necessitate changing > "git branch" output), so HEAD would simply contain an object ID directly > rather than being a symlink/symref. And what would happen if you want to checkout other branch? Where the ID in the HEAD would go to? HEAD just _has_ to be reference to _branch_. -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git