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From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:46
Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:
Yeah, I believe "." at the front of a directory component is explicitly forbidden by check_ref_format. I don't recall whether there was a specific rationale, or whether it was simply a can of worms we didn't want to explore.
Is "log foo...bar" a symmetric difference between foo and bar, or is it an assymmetric one from foo and .bar?
From: Jeff King <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:46
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:42:41AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:quoted
Yeah, I believe "." at the front of a directory component is explicitly forbidden by check_ref_format. I don't recall whether there was a specific rationale, or whether it was simply a can of worms we didn't want to explore.Is "log foo...bar" a symmetric difference between foo and bar, or is it an assymmetric one from foo and .bar?
Thanks, I was sure there was a simple example of how it would make things ambiguous, but for some reason I couldn't think of one. -Peff