Re: RFC: reflog for deleted branches

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Sven Strickroth <sven.strickroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> an often heart question is how to restore deleted branches. Sometimes
> those can be restored by using the reflog of the HEAD.
>
> But why not create a special (ref)log for deleted branches (with SHA1,
> date, name of the branch and maybe commit message of the last commit on
> the deleted branch)? This way people could just look up the SHA1 of the
> deleted branch and can recreate it (even if they moved the HEAD around a
> lot).

The itch is legit, but I doubt a "special log for deleted branches" is a
good design.  Why do you limit yourself only to a single "last" commit?
Wouldn't it be a better design to save away the entire reflog for the
branch when a branch is deleted, possibly with expedited expire rule for
such a reflog?
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