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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] show-ref: introduce mode to check for ref existence
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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> this patch series introduces a new `--exists` mode to git-show-ref(1) to
> explicitly check for the existence of a reference, only.

I agree that show-ref would be the best place for this feature (not
rev-parse, which is already a kitchen sink).  After all, the command
was designed for validating refs in 358ddb62 (Add "git show-ref"
builtin command, 2006-09-15).

Thanks.  Hopefully I can take a look before I go offline.