From: Martijn van Duren <openbsd+got@list.imperialat.at>
Subject: gotd: can't append to protected branch
To: gameoftrees@openbsd.org
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:00:12 +0200

Hello all,

For libopensmtpd[0] I tried to merge the mdoc_lb branch into main, but
when trying to send it to upstream I'm greeted with a "reference is
protected". When doing some printf debugging I found myself in
protect_refs_from_moving(), which is only called from a single place,
when a modification is requested without a packfile.
So it appears I've hit another issue with protected branches and
modifications. :-)

martijn@

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