Re: Is origin/HEAD only being created on clone a bug? #leftoverbits

2018-05-31 Thread Jeff King
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 11:46:16AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano writes: > > > - When we fetch from a remote that has refs/remotes/$name/HEAD, and > >if the protocol notices that their HEAD today is pointing to a > >branch different from what our side has, should we repo

Re: Is origin/HEAD only being created on clone a bug? #leftoverbits

2018-05-31 Thread Junio C Hamano
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > We already have to deal with this special case of origin/HEAD > being re-pointed in a repository that we "clone", so we would just > do whatever happens to a repository that's cloned. OK. Not visiting that issue while we discuss this "origin/HEAD is useful, so

Re: Is origin/HEAD only being created on clone a bug? #leftoverbits

2018-05-31 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Wed, May 30 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > >> If you make an initial commit and push to a remote repo "origin", you >> don't get a remote origin/HEAD reference, and a "fetch" won't create it >> either. >> ... >> Some code spelunking reveals remote_head_points

Re: Is origin/HEAD only being created on clone a bug? #leftoverbits

2018-05-29 Thread Junio C Hamano
Junio C Hamano writes: > - When we fetch from a remote that has refs/remotes/$name/HEAD, and >if the protocol notices that their HEAD today is pointing to a >branch different from what our side has, should we repoint ours >to match? > >I am leaning against doing this, but mostl

Re: Is origin/HEAD only being created on clone a bug? #leftoverbits

2018-05-29 Thread Junio C Hamano
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > If you make an initial commit and push to a remote repo "origin", you > don't get a remote origin/HEAD reference, and a "fetch" won't create it > either. > ... > Some code spelunking reveals remote_head_points_at, guess_remote_head() > etc. in builtin/clone.c. I.

Re: Is origin/HEAD only being created on clone a bug? #leftoverbits

2018-05-29 Thread Brandon Williams
On 05/29, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > Here's some more #leftoverbits where we have a clone/fetch feature > discrepancy and where clone is magical in ways that "fetch" isn't. > > If you make an initial commit and push to a remote repo "origin", you > don't get a remote origin/HEAD reference, a