On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 03:05:57PM -0700, Taylor Blau wrote: > > > For example, to advertise only tags, a caller using > > > 'core.alternateRefsCommand' would have to do: > > > > > > $ git config core.alternateRefsCommand ' \ > > > git -C "$1" for-each-ref refs/tags --format="%(objectname)"' > > > > This has the same "$@" issue as the previous one, I think (which only > > makes your point about it being cumbersome more true!). > > Hmm. I'll be curious to how you respond to my other message about the > same topic. I feel that whatever the outcome there is will affect both > locations in the same way. I think they're separate issues, right? I was just confused on the earlier patch, but the "git config" command you show above is the actual broken case isn't it? I'm not overly concerned since this isn't recommending the technique to end users (and in fact the whole point is to give an alternative), but it may be worth showing a working command in case anybody runs across it. -Peff
