Re: Cleaning up git user-interface warts

From: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date: Nov 15, 2006, 10:48 UTC
Message-ID: <20061115104858.GG5453@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200611151033.57415.andyparkins@gmail.com>

On 2006-11-15 11:33:55 +0100, Andy Parkins wrote:

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> But that is not necessarily /the/ original, and "origin" is the
> absolute reference in maths. It doesn't bother me that much I
> suppose, it's just that as far as unambiguous names go, I'm not wild
> about it - it's got too many "central repository" connotations,
> which is of course anathema to git.

To me, "origin" just means "where <whatever we're talking about> originated". If you think of it that way, it's perfectly obvious that each repository can have its own origin.

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Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com

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