Re: git-rerere observations and feature suggestions

From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Date: Jun 16, 2008, 11:27 UTC
Message-ID: <20080616112709.GG12260@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20080616110113.GA22945@elte.hu>

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:01:13PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:

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>    ( Also, it's a GPL nitpicky issue: the conflict resolution database 
>      can be argued to be part of "source code" and as such it should be 
>      shared with everyone who asks. With trivial merges the data is
>      probably not copyrightable hence probably falls outside the scope 
>      of the GPL, but with a complex topic tree like -tip with dozens of 
>      conflict resolutions, the boundary is perhaps more blurred. )

For a more complex merge resolution, granted that it rises to the level of being "copyrightable", but I think it would be a huge stretch to call the rr-cache the "preferred form for modifications"! :-)

   	    	     	 	    	     - Ted

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