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Re: [RFC] GIT Repository Annotation Convention

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Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Date
Sep 12, 2005, 00:26 UTC
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A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> > Hi, A Large Angry SCM wrote:
> >
> >>Think about a directory containing directories "foo" and "foo.txt":
> >>
> > Can you tell us why you're using extensions in the first place?
> > I propose using no extensions whatsoever: simply mirror the refs/
> > tree.
> The extensions allow the annotation of directories as well as
> files. That's something that can't be done if extensions are not used.

OTOH, for git directories are only there to organize files, they have no independent existence.

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  1. Horst von BrandSep 12, 2005

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

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