Re: [PATCH v8 38/44] refs.c: pack all refs before we start to rename a ref

Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] wrote:

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Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:

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This means that most loose refs will no longer be present after the rename

Is this to handle the "git branch -m foo/bar foo" case or for some other
purpose?

Yes. That is the main reason.

Thanks.  Please say so in the log message.  Remember that people of
the future debugging and trying to figure out how to fix the latest
regression without breaking something else and whether to just revert
your patch cannot read your mind. ;-)

Hope that helps,
Jonathan