On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 08:55:37PM CET, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxx> writes: > > > HEAD was still described as a symlink instead of a symref. > >... > > HEAD:: > > + A symref (see glossary) to the `refs/heads/` namespace > > + describing the currently active branch. It does not mean > > + much if the repository is not associated with any working tree > > (i.e. a 'bare' repository), but a valid git repository > > + *must* have the HEAD file; some porcelains may use it to > > + guess the designated "default" branch of the repository > > + (usually 'master'). It is legal if the named branch > > + 'name' does not (yet) exist. In some legacy setups, it is > > + a symbolic link instead of a symref, but this has been > > + deprecated long ago. > > We fully support dealing with repositories with symlinked HEAD, > and will continue to do so; I do not think we ever talked about > deprecating it. Public "distribution point" repositories that > have been established long ago that do not have reason to switch > HEAD to point at different branch still have symlinked HEAD and > they should continue to work. > > What we _don't_ do these days is to set up new repositories with > symlinked HEAD, but that does not have anything to do with > deprecating symlinked HEAD. That's true, perhaps "obsoleted" is a better word. -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/ The meaning of Stonehenge in Traflamadorian, when viewed from above, is: "Replacement part being rushed with all possible speed." -- Kurt Vonnegut, Sirens from Titan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html