On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 11:32:18PM +0200, Rubén Justo wrote: > On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 01:05:36PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Back when Git started, we used the word "head" to mean the tip of > > possibly multiple histories, and that is where the name of the > > hierarchy .git/refs/heads/ came from. But these days we call these > > entities "branches" in human terms, and "head" is still used to refer > > to the tip of the history each of these branches represent. > > > > When asking "git ls-remote" or "git show-ref" to limit their output to > > branches (as opposed to showing any ref), we use "--heads" for > > historical reasons, but give the option a more human friendly name > > "--branches", and demote "--heads" to the status of a deprecated > > synonym. This would eventually allow us to remove them at the > > breaking version boundary. > > All of this sounds like a very sensible step, to me. > > I've left a couple of nits; none important. Agreed, I like the direction of this patch series very much. I've got nothing to add on top of what has already been said. Thanks! Patrick
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