Package: git Version: 1:2.0~next.20131217-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream
grokmirror <https://github.com/mricon/grokmirror> uses output from "git show-ref | sha1sum" as a caching key to decide whether mirrors need to be updated. That has two problems: 1. The default pattern used by show-ref doesn't include HEAD, so if HEAD moves without any other branches being updated, grokmirror thinks the repository is unchanged. This could be fixed on the grokmirror side by passing --head to show-ref. 2. Even with --head, show-ref just lists the object pointed to by each ref. If HEAD switches from one branch to another but both branches have the same tip commit, grokmirror won't notice. If show-ref had an option to show symrefs as-is instead of resolving them, that could be used to solve (2). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
