Hi, On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Yes, I know that tightening rules retroactively is bad, but this changes > the rules for refnames to forbid: Tightening rules retroactively is not only bad (if sometimes necessary), but tightening rules without giving the user a chance to recover is really bad. 'git branch -m' uses check_ref_format() to check the old name. OTOH, a _warning_ should be plenty enough in most cases, and _not_ share the shortcomings with tightening. Ciao, Dscho -- 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
