Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> + if (!force && dwim_ref(name, strlen(name), sha1, &real_ref))
>> + die(_("creating ref refs/heads/%s makes %s ambiguous.\n"
>> + "Use -f to create it anyway."),
>> + name, name);
>
> Does this check still allow you to create a branch "refs/heads/next"
> and then later create a branch "next"? The latter will introduce an
> ambiguity without any prevention, even though the prevention would
> trigger if the order in which these two branches are created is
> swapped--- the end result has ambiguity but the safety covers only one
> avenue to the confusing situation.
>
> And the only way I can think of to avoid that kind of confusion is
> to forbid creation of a subset of possible names by reserving a set
> of known (but arbitrary) prefixes---which I am not sure is a good
> way to go. At least not yet.
Just for the record: after seeing the respective arguments, I consider
it the sanest way.
It's conceivable to give a configuration option for augmenting the set
of reserved prefixes. That would allow to adapt the arbitrariness to
match the policies or ref name choices of a particular project while
keeping the set of references addressed by the standard git commands in
check automagically.
--
David Kastrup
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