Re: Alternates and push

Theodore Tso [off-list ref] writes:

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The arguments to make are "Junio is worrying too much; depending on the
other repository's ref is no worse than depending on the objects the other
repository uses, and here is a proof that it is not just 'not a big deal'
but 'no problem at all'", "I've polled the userbase and there is no
existing configuration that will be broken by this change", and "I have
this configuration that will be broken by above change, don't do it".

So the only configuration I can think of that would be broken by this
is where $D/refs exists, but is insane.  (i.e., such that git fsck for
$D would result in errors).  That seems pretty unlikely...

I was more worried about "once $D/ started its life as an actively used
and maintained repository, but it itself has been abandoned and its refs
are not maintained anymore; only $D/objects are still in use", but even in
that case, it won't be "$D/refs exists but insane" case, so we should be
Ok.