Re: [PATCH] Allow to control the namespace for replace refs

2015-06-11 Thread Junio C Hamano
Mike Hommey writes: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 08:16:02AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Mike Hommey writes: >> >> > I do agree that this is all confusing, but allow me to point out that >> > it's already plenty confusing: "namespace" is a term that has been used to >> > designate a generic kin

Re: [PATCH] Allow to control the namespace for replace refs

2015-06-11 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 08:16:02AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Mike Hommey writes: > > > I do agree that this is all confusing, but allow me to point out that > > it's already plenty confusing: "namespace" is a term that has been used to > > designate a generic kind of namespace *and* refs/nam

Re: [PATCH] Allow to control the namespace for replace refs

2015-06-11 Thread Junio C Hamano
Mike Hommey writes: > I do agree that this is all confusing, but allow me to point out that > it's already plenty confusing: "namespace" is a term that has been used to > designate a generic kind of namespace *and* refs/namespaces. See for > example: > > https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Doc

Re: [PATCH] Allow to control the namespace for replace refs

2015-06-10 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 09:55:30PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Mike Hommey writes: > > > It can be useful to have grafts or replace refs for specific > > use-cases while keeping the default "view" of the repository > > pristine (or with a different set of grafts/replace refs). > > > > It is po

Re: [PATCH] Allow to control the namespace for replace refs

2015-06-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
Mike Hommey writes: > It can be useful to have grafts or replace refs for specific use-cases while > keeping the default "view" of the repository pristine (or with a different > set of grafts/replace refs). > > It is possible to use a different graft file with GIT_GRAFT_FILE, but while > replace

[PATCH] Allow to control the namespace for replace refs

2015-06-10 Thread Mike Hommey
It can be useful to have grafts or replace refs for specific use-cases while keeping the default "view" of the repository pristine (or with a different set of grafts/replace refs). It is possible to use a different graft file with GIT_GRAFT_FILE, but while replace refs are more powerful, they don'