# Re: \[PATCH v2\] remote.c: defer remote.\<name\>.followRemoteHEAD validation

- From: Junio C Hamano \<hidden\>
- Date: 2026-10-30 15:12:19 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2026/10/17834004
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2026/10/17765708/t.md

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"Matt Hunter" [ref] writes:

> On Wed Oct 28, 2026 at 10:26 AM EDT, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>
>>>> This part of the code becomes overly deeply indented, and more
>>>> importantly, the outer conditional around here has been reworked by
>>>> another topic and the code that learns follow_remote_head will have
>>>> to be reused elsewhere, which would lead to a nasty merge conflict.
> ...
> I wonder if it makes sense to incorporate such a new helper function
> into the existing 'get_follow_remote_head()', since it would be the only
> place using it.

I am not sure what being the only place has to do with avoiding to
split a helper function out to clarify the main logic flow, though.
And simultaneously, another topic wants to have this piece of logic
twice.

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