From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (pb-smtp21.pobox.com [173.228.157.53]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8039613A24B for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:21:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.53 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718400086; cv=none; b=ZqpZf/UZFc4kxSv628B/v94CHSolfoCQIiwpzXjUTWCyLoROWAfDlfp+bfixNCMJ485G8m+fonqOUqnzT9g9bugp3ntGcXkb9w369iYjNqlJOnilYeoBoN4wRBqvwdQ67CZ1wIoTvjmGUhqtIHPe2vTU//WgFZbD84tVp4zXcLs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718400086; c=relaxed/simple; bh=BHB9xdrAe72QDGxTg4M3UrC5m3TJnoNCqjEUD+805zs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=HCiF6O1RNXv3aMxz37k/lAISMWa1yvwLwihvCABcCFRPKKlTIQom2O7qazs0wkAZBryA89U7Ny60dnajZQ40B5PmSbjPQ4Rgo7fbb1cOlmBiI5VgnalxVBuNP1X0RYv1WlT9YGo0ETg2qCQ3Q0uHDRB9iH+indUDpq8nq+uxhYg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b=nwwGJnuO; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.53 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="nwwGJnuO" Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D37C533F93; Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:21:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=BHB9xdrAe72QDGxTg4M3UrC5m3TJnoNCqjEUD+ 805zs=; b=nwwGJnuOtPiJ0pl0BmPRIp8m4Tb52Yuxkzzu4J6DqqTV7Fp25nf4nd 4dVPWDCoIXiMGbVyqaf2NxoSUrEmjDa8x/JTOnRlgUYiqFzucYC9p826hZSalvhB BcV8gkzQ6pgI0e/ehHVm0ZQUj8SO80NB6fZ1IGlTBv4eWh+fzZ4js= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD30733F92; Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:21:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.204.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 130BF33F91; Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:21:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Elijah Newren Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] show-ref: introduce --branches and deprecate --heads In-Reply-To: (Elijah Newren's message of "Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:32:27 +0000") References: <20240603200539.1473345-1-gitster@pobox.com> <20240604220145.3260714-1-gitster@pobox.com> <20240604220145.3260714-4-gitster@pobox.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:21:19 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 0BA8F11E-2A94-11EF-A4D5-DFF1FEA446E2-77302942!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Elijah Newren writes: > If we are renaming --heads to --branches, should --head also be renamed? I do not think so. It is specifically about HEAD (the thing that lives above refs/ hierarchy, historically implemented as a file whose name is "HEAD" that is directly inside $GIT_DIR). Thanks.