Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] refs: improve handling of special refs

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 11:28:51AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Patrick Steinhardt [off-list ref] writes:

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Patrick Steinhardt (4):
  wt-status: read HEAD and ORIG_HEAD via the refdb
  refs: propagate errno when reading special refs fails
  refs: complete list of special refs
  bisect: consistently write BISECT_EXPECTED_REV via the refdb

With the clear understanding that we plan to make those other than
FETCH_HEAD and MERGE_HEAD in the is_special_ref().special_refs[]
eventually not special at all, this round looked quite sensible to
me.

Let's merge it down to 'next'.

Thanks. We (myself or a fellow team member at GitLab) will work on
converting the remaining not-so-special refs once this topic lands on
the `master` branch. Unless of course somebody else picks it up before
we do.

Patrick