Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Actually 'git ls-remote .' _is_ useful for gitweb, see the new
>> git_get_references code.
>
> You are missing the point.
>
> We are not discussing if having foo^{} is useful. There is no
> argument about it. Without it the user is forced to ask
> rev-parse.
>
> The point is if it is Ok to assume foo and foo^{} (and nothing
> else) are enough to make Porcelains and visualizers happy, and I
> suspected the answer was no (remember show-ref discussion?).
Well, it is enough for ref markers (this commit is this head or tag), for
dumb http transport (indo/refs output is the same as ls-remote), and not
much else...
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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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