Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > What you *can* do is: > > > > - rename the branch to something that includes a slash (aka > > subdirectory). Let's call it "frozen/mybranch" as an example. > > > > - do a 'git gc' to make sure that branch is in the packed refs file. > > > > - make the subdirectory of that branch is unwritable (ie just do > > something like "chmod -w refs/heads/frozen") > > > > and now the filesystem permissions should mean that you can't actually > > update that branch any more, even though you can read it. > > Hmmmmm... and deleting of the branch would take the same lock used for > updating, which is under frozen/ directory, so that is also safe. > > That's sneaky. > > I'd however throw that into "happens to work, unsure if we would want to > promise supporting it as a _feature_ forever" category. Another solution would be to make it lightweight tag, i.e. change if from refs/heads/somebranch to refs/tags/somebranch (by tagging, for example). -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
