Hi Patrick

On 08/06/2026 10:18, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 11:14:08AM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

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On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 04:12:42PM +0100, Phillip Wood wrote:

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Hi Patrick

On 03/06/2026 17:14, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

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In a subsequent commit we'll introduce a new caller to `reset_head()`
that really only wants to update the index and working tree, without
updating any references. Introduce a new flag that lets the caller
perform this operation.

We already have a flag to update ORIG_HEAD so would it make more sense to
have a flag to update HEAD, rather than adding a flag to disable the
updates? It would mean updating the existing callers but I think it is a
clearer api and it avoids the pitfall of

	RESET_HEAD_ORIG_HEAD | RESET_HEAD_SKIP_REF_UPDATES

Hm. The question is whether it's sensible to have
`!RESET_HEAD_UPDATE_HEAD && RESET_HEAD_UPDATE_ORIG_HEAD`. That feels
like a somewhat weird request, too, and we'd have to introduce extra
logic to make that combination work.

As there are no users at the moment we could make that a BUG() and 
implement it later if required. At least that way we're not introducing 
conflicting flags, we're just not implementing setting a certain 
combination of refs.

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I wonder about the function name as well if we make updating HEAD optional
then what does reset_head() mean? Maybe we should rename it something along
the lines of reset_worktree() or update_working_copy()? I'm not really sure
what a good name would be.

That's a good point, the name does get somewhat awkward. I think we
should keep "reset" in there, but `reset_worktree()` to me reads as it
if was rather related to git-worktree(1) than anything else. Maybe
`reset_working_tree()`?

I think I'll skip these changes for the next iteration for now. The
patch series has already exploded quite a bit in its scope due to the
refactorings of `reset_head()`, so I'd prefer to maybe do such changes
as a follow up.

Renaming the function can certainly wait. I'd quite like to sort out the 
flags though as the new flag is being added in this series.

Thanks

Phillip

Let me know in case you feel strongly about this though. Thanks!

Patrick