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Re: branch description

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 16, 2008, 02:55 UTC
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<20080416025537.GA7878@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 06:33:48PM -0700, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> Please, let's don't repeat Mercurial mistake of placing unversioned
> information (such as branch names in case of Mercurial, or branches
> descriptions in this case) in-tree, i.e. version it.  Think of what
> would happen if you reset to the state (or checkout to some branch
> with the state) which is before some branch was created, or before
> some branch got description.  Mercurial deals with this using
> "special" not lika in-tree treatment of such a file... I don't think
> it is a good idea.
I think that is a reasonable argument.
> I think it wouldb be better to put branches descriptions somewhere
> outside object repository, be it .git/info/ref_names of .git/config.

But you make a jump in logic here when you make the alternative to put it outside the object repository. Your first point argues against versioning meta-information _along with the rest of the state_, but there's no reason it can't be versioned separately (e.g., in another branch that just has such meta-info).

-Peff
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  6. Jeff KingApr 15, 2008
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  10. Jakub NarebskiApr 16, 2008
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  12. Stephen SinclairApr 16, 2008
  13. Mike HommeyApr 16, 2008
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