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diff --git a/guix/git.scm b/guix/git.scm index dbc3b7caa7..1cb87a4560 100644 --- a/guix/git.scm +++ b/guix/git.scm @@ -360,6 +360,11 @@ dynamic extent of EXP." (define (reference-available? repository ref) "Return true if REF, a reference such as '(commit . \"cabba9e\"), is definitely available in REPOSITORY, false otherwise." + ;; Note: this must not rely on 'resolve-reference', as that procedure always + ;; resolves the references for branch names such as master. The semantic we + ;; want here is that unless the reference is exact (e.g. a commit), the + ;; reference should not be considered available, as it could have changed on + ;; the remote. (match ref ((or ('commit . commit) ('tag-or-commit . (? commit-id? commit))) |