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Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:50:25 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Patrick Steinhardt Cc: Karthik Nayak , git@vger.kernel.org, =?utf-8?Q?Jean-No=C3=ABl?= Avila Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] refs: allow setting the reference directory In-Reply-To: (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:33:51 +0100") References: <20251119-kn-alternate-ref-dir-v1-0-4cf4a94c8bed@gmail.com> <20260202-kn-alternate-ref-dir-v4-0-3b30430411e3@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:50:24 -0800 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 Patrick Steinhardt writes: > On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 01:26:29PM +0100, Karthik Nayak wrote: >> Changes in v4: >> - Mostly re-wrote the code to also support worktree. Now, the existing >> backends will store worktree references in 'ref_dir/worktrees/wt_id' >> and add corresponding stubs in 'git_dir/worktrees/wt_id'. >> - We also support relative paths in the reference directories. These >> relative paths are resolved relative to the GIT_DIR. >> - Link to v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20251201-kn-alternate-ref-dir-v3-0-c11b946bc2fa@gmail.com > > I've got some of comments, but almost all of them are just nits. I quite > like the way this is shaping up. > > Thanks! > > Patrick Looking good. Thanks, both.