Hi Stolee
On 30/11/2022 15:16, Derrick Stolee wrote:
On 11/28/2022 1:56 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
* Worktrees and the main repository have a separate view of the ref
namespace. This is not explicit in the ref backend API, and there is a
technical limitation that the packed-refs file cannot be in a
worktree. This means that worktrees will always continue to use
loose-ref storage if you only extend the packed-refs backend.
If I'm understanding it correctly [1], only the special refs (like HEAD or
REBASE_HEAD) are worktree-specific, and all refs under "refs/*" are
repository-scoped. I don't actually think of those special refs as "loose"
refs and thus they should still work under the "only packed-refs" value
for extensions.refFormat. I should definitely cover this in the
documentation, though. Also, [1] probably needs updating because it calls
HEAD a pseudo ref even though it explicitly is not [2].
> [1] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree#_refs
> [2]
https://git-scm.com/docs/gitglossary#Documentation/gitglossary.txt-aiddefpseudorefapseudoref
Unfortunately I think it is a little messier than that (see
refs.c:is_per_worktree_ref()). refs/bisect/*, refs/rewritten/* and
refs/worktree/* are all worktree specific.
Best Wishes
Phillip
