Srinidhi Kaushik <shrinidhi.kaushik@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > - check if the remote ref is reachable from any of the local ref's >> > "reflog" entries using "in_merge_bases_many()" in batches as >> > suggested here. >> >> I think it amounts to the same as "does any reflog entry of HEAD >> reach it?" and shares the same issues with false positives as the >> first one. > > Hmm, isn't this the same as what was mentioned by you earlier (without > the timestamp: I misunderstood what you meant with the "any of the local ref" part of the sentence and mistook it as "enumerate all the local refs and HEAD, and collect all reflog entries of these local refs, and see if any of them reach the remote ref". Re-reading the sentence with that "any of" refers to "entries" (of a single local ref) in mind, it is pretty much the same as we agreed is a good way to go. Thanks.
