On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 08:58:26PM +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote: > Am 09.12.2014 um 18:49 schrieb Jeff King: > > +test_expect_success 'create repo with absurdly long refname' ' > > + ref240=$_z40/$_z40/$_z40/$_z40/$_z40/$_z40 > > + ref1440=$ref240/$ref240/$ref240/$ref240/$ref240/$ref240 && > > + git init long && > > + ( > > + cd long && > > + test_commit long && > > + test_commit master && > > + git update-ref refs/heads/$ref1440 long > > Having this ref on the filesystem is going to fail on Windows, I presume > (our limit is 260). Can we stuff it away as a packed ref right from the > beginning? (And turn off reflogs, BTW.) Yeah, after sending that, I wondered if it would cause problems. I don't think it would be too hard to just cat it right into the packed-refs file. The other option would be to try creating it, and set a prereq to skip other tests if it fails. -Peff -- 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