Re: [PATCH] New git-seek command with documentation and test.

H. Peter Anvin wrote:

linux@horizon.com wrote:

quoted

The annoying thing about temporary branch names like "bisect" and "seek"
is that:
a) They clutter up the nae space available to the repository user.
   Users have to know that those are reserved names.
b) If a repository is cloned while they're in use, they might get
   into a "remotes" file, with even more confusing results.

This is somewhat heretical, but how about making a truly unnamed 
branch by
having .git/HEAD *not* be a symlink, but rather hold a commit ID 
directly?
It's already well established that files in the .git directory directly
are strictly local to this working directory, so it seems a much better
home for such temporary state.

It might be easier to just reserve part of the namespace, e.g. ".bisect" 
and ".seek" instead.

Ach, no. Not specific names. ^\.-.* would be acceptable, but I sometimes 
use '.name' or '-name' to mark a temporary branch. Making .- or some 
such reserved would perhaps make sense, but not with specific names.

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