also sprach Felix Kaiser [2011.03.23.1250 +0100]:
> > .git/* is not a public API. It's considered internal.
> >
>
> Not its not.
>
> Its even documented[1]: "... a valid git repository must have the
> HEAD file; some porcelains may use it to guess the designated
> "default" branch of the reposit
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:50 AM, martin f krafft wrote:
>
> also sprach Dieter Plaetinck [2011.03.23.0933 +0100]:
> > well, the idea behind doing it in pure-python is removing the
> > overhead of spawning extra processes, do you have an argument why
> > reading the branchname of the current HEAD
also sprach Dieter Plaetinck [2011.03.23.0933 +0100]:
> well, the idea behind doing it in pure-python is removing the
> overhead of spawning extra processes, do you have an argument why
> reading the branchname of the current HEAD in a few lines of
> python is bad?
.git/* is not a public API. It'
Am Mittwoch, 23. März 2011, um 09:33:37 schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:00:27 +0100
> martin f krafft wrote:
>
> > also sprach Dieter Plaetinck [2011.03.20.1235
> > +0100]:
> > > oh, one more thing.
> > > you can query the current branch in a pure-python way, by
> > > reading
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:00:27 +0100
martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Dieter Plaetinck [2011.03.20.1235
> +0100]:
> > oh, one more thing.
> > you can query the current branch in a pure-python way, by
> > reading .git/HEAD
>
> No, please do not use this. Use
>
> git symbolic-ref -q HEAD ||
also sprach Dieter Plaetinck [2011.03.20.1235 +0100]:
> oh, one more thing.
> you can query the current branch in a pure-python way, by reading .git/HEAD
No, please do not use this. Use
git symbolic-ref -q HEAD || git name-rev --name-only HEAD
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