On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 10:48:04AM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote: > >> > test_expect_success "multi-fetch works off a 'clean' repository" ' >> > - rm -r "$GIT_DIR/svn" "$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes" "$GIT_DIR/logs" && >> > + rm -rf "$GIT_DIR/svn" "$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes" && >> > + git reflog expire --all --expire=all && >> > mkdir "$GIT_DIR/svn" && >> > git svn multi-fetch >> > ' >> > >> >> `rm -rf "$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes"` is not kosher. I think it can be written >> >> printf 'option no-deref\ndelete %s\n' $(git for-each-ref >> --format='%(refname)' refs/remotes) | git update-ref --stdin >> >> as long as the number of references doesn't exceed command-line limits. >> This will also take care of the reflogs. Another alternative would be to >> write it as a loop. > > Perhaps: > > git for-each-ref --format="option no-deref%0adelete %(refname)" refs/remotes | > git update-ref --stdin Ah yes, that's nicer. I tried with `\n`, but that's not supported (wouldn't it be nice if it were?). I didn't think to try `%0a` (let alone look in the documentation!) Michael
