{"thread":{"id":"2872","subject":"why are gitweb 'description' and 'owner' stored in different ways?","startedAt":"2005-12-18T10:57:41Z","lastAt":"2005-12-19T01:13:19Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Ben Clifford","Kay Sievers"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"13793","messageId":"C095FE37-2673-449D-AAB9-ADF042CE8F32@hawaga.org.uk","threadId":"2872","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"why are gitweb 'description' and 'owner' stored in different ways?","fromName":"Ben Clifford","fromEmail":"benc@hawaga.org.uk","sentAt":"2005-12-18T10:57:41Z","receivedAt":"2005-12-18T10:57:41Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"benc@hawaga.org.uk","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/c7ce083471287f8e77b69dd147f757799d1efdd740727fd7e3003f33e88be898?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Just wondering, is there a reason that gitweb stores the  \n'description' in one way (inside .git) and 'owner' in a different way  \n(in index.aux) ?\n\n-- \nBen • ベン • Бэн • 벤 • 班明\nhttp://www.hawaga.org.uk/ben/\nMy email is high latency but best way to contact me. Alternatively,  \nSMS number(s) at above URL.\n"},{"id":"13795","messageId":"20051219011319.GA29492@vrfy.org","threadId":"2872","inReplyTo":"C095FE37-2673-449D-AAB9-ADF042CE8F32@hawaga.org.uk","subject":"Re: why are gitweb 'description' and 'owner' stored in different ways?","fromName":"Kay Sievers","fromEmail":"kay.sievers@vrfy.org","sentAt":"2005-12-19T01:13:19Z","receivedAt":"2005-12-19T01:13:19Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kay.sievers@vrfy.org","avatar":null},"body":"On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 08:27:41PM +0930, Ben Clifford wrote:\n> Just wondering, is there a reason that gitweb stores the  \n> 'description' in one way (inside .git) and 'owner' in a different way  \n> (in index.aux) ?\n\nNo special reason besides that the owner is generated automatically from\nthe file permissions on the master server along with searching for\nrepositories and creating the list. We currently have more than one\n\"Linus' kernel tree\" descriptions, so if we would rely on in-repo data\nfor the owner, the owner would be wrong on that repos too.\n\nKay\n"}]}