From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92AF0C433DF for ; Wed, 27 May 2020 15:44:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 424A620776 for ; Wed, 27 May 2020 15:44:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="Zw/T+AL2" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730424AbgE0Pof (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 May 2020 11:44:35 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com ([173.228.157.53]:60012 "EHLO pb-smtp21.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730386AbgE0Pof (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 May 2020 11:44:35 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F5BCC9C3C; Wed, 27 May 2020 11:44:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) 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=9Pi4fKbCF8hF9oYTfQhlckyLeOU=; b=Zw/T+A L2qOaQNO10e34R4/RxhNuELNd7KlZKoY8KPVZgFuBJuTJfjuZNCkT7izF7fYZm8f fS/i+4SMy9zQQ/MaC0RyUuOP2UoSLYlOVqlXIUdNeza7OqfWPGPSvjGgBwFIAwEO ZYK0TZNZ2MSPEHE9lyBaSVycuC5UP0I+wXzHU= 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=ftmlnP56VuOAQ+M/eHxmnTm6eEyKDjOa 2U+q4Z8HB48vy89q2McdiUxFprrlXYvVpxAPoXsWrnkNzVEgiOuK+csVcYhryKAa Gu3dhq6Ndt5K5+HFk3aH8hnQsOVep31d5Rz8zTjXJEW6MFLqjMq+yVQj1KEg0tXK YOA2OtMuihQ= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C7DC9C3B; Wed, 27 May 2020 11:44:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [35.196.173.25]) (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 B3794C9C39; Wed, 27 May 2020 11:44:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jeff King Cc: =?utf-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9?= Scharfe , Dana Dahlstrom , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 'HEAD' is not a commit (according to git-checkout) References: <20200521191626.GC1308489@coredump.intra.peff.net> <9f26099a-e77b-ede4-bee3-27382a5a0875@web.de> <20200523162914.GA2178752@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20200527065210.GC4005121@coredump.intra.peff.net> Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 08:44:27 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20200527065210.GC4005121@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Wed, 27 May 2020 02:52:10 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: F467A532-A030-11EA-AFA7-8D86F504CC47-77302942!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jeff King writes: > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 09:15:33AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> So, should we allow a random upstream & start-point combination? It >> appears to me that as long as they share _some_ common ancestory, it >> may make sense. > > But wouldn't just about any two tips in a repository share some common > ancestry? Yes, we are on the same page; the above was my round-about way to say that it does not look useful to restrict the allowed combination in order to give us some safety. Thanks.