On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Johan Herland <johan@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:15 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> * jh/shorten-refname (2013-05-07) 4 commits >>> - t1514: refname shortening is done after dereferencing symbolic refs >>> - shorten_unambiguous_ref(): Fix shortening refs/remotes/origin/HEAD to origin >>> - t1514: Demonstrate failure to correctly shorten "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD" >>> - t1514: Add tests of shortening refnames in strict/loose mode >>> >>> When remotes/origin/HEAD is not a symbolic ref, "rev-parse >>> --abbrev-ref remotes/origin/HEAD" ought to show "origin", not >>> "origin/HEAD", which is fixed with this series (if it is a symbolic >>> ref that points at remotes/origin/something, then it should show >>> "origin/something" and it already does). >>> >>> I think this is being rerolled using strbuf_expand(). >> >> Actually, that was not on my TODO. Sure, my other series ([PATCHv2 >> 00/10] Prepare for alternative remote-tracking branch location) builds >> on top of this one, and changes a lot of the same code, but I >> considered jh/shorten-refname a good set of changes in its own right, >> and I didn't want it to be held up by the much longer (and probably >> much longer-running) series. > > On the other hand, this itself is fixing the case nobody encounters > in real life, and in that sense it is not urgent at all even though > it may be a correct fix, no? When was the last time you saw a > refs/remotes/*/HEAD that is not a symbolic ref? > > If it makes it is easier for you to work on the follow-on series to > have this shorter one already cast in stone, I do not mind merging > this early post 1.8.3 cycle at all. If on the other hand you are > hit by a realization that this part could be done in a different and > a better way (I am not saying that that is the likely outcome) when > you will look at redoing the follow-on series using strbuf_expand > post 1.8.3, we would regret it if we cast this part in stone too > early. I think we can go either way, and the above "I think this is > being rerolld" was primarily keeping the options open. You're right. No point in setting things prematurely in stone. I'll fold jh/shorten-refname into the ongoing series. ...Johan -- Johan Herland, <johan@xxxxxxxxxxx> www.herland.net -- 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