From: Petr Baudis Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 22:25:03 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFD] Add repoid identifier to commit [its a workspace id, isn't it?] Message-ID: <20050513222502.GD32232@pasky.ji.cz> In-Reply-To: <2cfc4032050512183788e01fc@mail.gmail.com> Dear diary, on Fri, May 13, 2005 at 03:37:47AM CEST, I got a letter where Jon Seymour told me that... > > > > I would like to suggest a few limiters are set on the repoid. In > > particular, I'd like to suggest that a repoid is a UUID, that a file is > > used to track it (.git/repoid), and that if it doesn't exist, a new one > > is created from /dev/urandom. > > > > I think I understand what Thomas is trying to achieve, but I think > there is a naming problem here. The marker really isn't a repoid - it > is a workspace id. Why not just call the thing "branch"? It's as well eligible for that term as anything. :-) -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/ C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog. -- Steve Taylor