On Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 09:14:19AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: > > I bet there's also tons of scripts out there that just reach into the > > filesystem to do stuff, but that's something that we cannot really help > > with. > > I thought you've done enough to make sure that common things people > would want to do by direct access to the .git/refs/ hierarchy can be > easily done with plumbing commands instead, so it would probably be > a matter of writing and publicizing the "how to migrate to the world > where you cannot write into files under .git/refs/ directory" > document? Yeah, all the tools are there. I'm not even sure whether such a guide would be required in the first place -- tools are just what you are used to already anyway. So I don't know whether I really need to explain how to use git-update-ref(1) and friends. I am of course biased here, so if disagree and think that this would be required I might just do it. Anyway, I'll hack something up and send it to the mailing list soonish to get the discussion going. Patrick
