Re: [RFC/PATCHv8 00/10] git notes

Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] writes:

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Subject: Fix "checkout A..." synonym for "checkout A...HEAD" on Windows
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Work this issue around by first calling check_ref_format(new.path) to see
if the string can possibly be a valid ref under "refs/heads/", before
asking resolve_ref().

Your patch fixes the failure very nicely, thank you very much.

BTW, calling 'git pack-refs --all' before 'git checkout master...'
helps as well :-P

Thanks for a prompt response (given our timezone difference ;-)

I've been thinking about moving that check even further down, namely at
the beginning of resolve_ref(), as anything that is not valid cannot
possibly resolve correctly.

What do people think?