Re: [PATCH v5 06/10] fast-export: add new --refspec option

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On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> +test_expect_success 'use refspec' '
>>>> +     git fast-export --refspec refs/heads/master:refs/heads/foobar master | \
>>>> +             grep "^commit " | sort | uniq > actual &&
>>>
>>> It feels somewhat redundant that you have to twice say that you are
>>> pushing your "master", once with --refspec and then the branch
>>> name.  Is this the best we can do?
>>
>> As this has been discussed before and no other solution came forward, yes.
>
> We need to take that "no other solution came forward" with a grain
> of salt.  After all, this is your itch, and if nobody was interested
> in helping you (which I think that we both understand entirely
> plausible, given the recent history), it only means you didn't think
> of any other solution.

Thinking is easy, the problem is not thinking of a solution, the
problem is actually doing it. I think we should end world hunger. What
a great idea!

> I didn't think things through, but at the external UI level, I see a
> possibility of a nicer way to express the above.

You already said that before.

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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