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Re: [RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branch

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PRPavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Date
Jul 9, 2006, 03:27 UTC
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Hello!
On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 15:55 +0000, moreau francis wrote:
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> Hi GIT folks.
> 
> I'm a complete newbie on git development so excuse me if
> this idea is completely stupid.
> 
> Would it be possible to let the user stick a short explanation
> on  what a branch is supposed to implement during its creation.

Just for your information, this is already implemented by StGIT. For instance, .git/patches/master/description contains the description of the "master" branch.

If you run "stg branch --list", the branch descriptions will be listed. I'm not aware of any commands to change the description.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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  1. moreau francisJul 8, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiJul 8, 2006
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 8, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiJul 9, 2006
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2006
  6. Marco CostalbaJul 9, 2006
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisJul 9, 2006
  9. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2006
  10. Pavel RoskinJul 9, 2006
  11. Re : [RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branchmoreau francis, Jul 9, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2006

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