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

- From: Junio C Hamano \<hidden\>
- Date: 2026-11-06 16:15:13 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2026/11/17879869
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2026/10/17765708/t.md

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"Matt Hunter" [ref] writes:

> On Thu Nov 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM EST, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>
>> Hmph, interesting.  Can you rewrite Colin's patch using this, and
>> then merge the result into 'seen' (after reverting Colin's topic
>> ch/remote-defer-follow-remote-head-validation from 'seen' first) to
>> see how badly it crashes with other topics in flight?
>
> I still have the commit sitting around.  I tried this and a replay of
> the current topic to compare -- the conflict is the same in both
> cases.  eg: Nothing else in flight is touching the
> get_follow_remote_head() function.

Thanks for investigating.  

Your approach of passing more context into get_follow_remote_head()
and have _it_ do the (lazy) conversion from string to value makes it
much easier for callers to make calls from multiple branches to the
function, because the need to "set-up" to make the call disappears.

Very cleanly done.

Colin, what's your preference?  Can we move this topic past the
finish line?

Thanks.
```