From: Stephen R. van den Berg Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:19:00 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert Message-ID: <20080910231900.GF22739@cuci.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080910225518.GA24534@coredump.intra.peff.net> Jeff King wrote: >On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:34:27AM +0200, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote: >> - The origin information is no longer cryptographically protected (under >> certain circumstances this could be considered an advantage and a >> disadvantage at the same time). >I haven't thought enough about it to decide whether there is a scenario >where making such a "cherry-picked from" annotation might make use of >that property. Being able to subvert the authenticity of git blame by providing fake origin information is not very appealing. -- Sincerely, Stephen R. van den Berg. "Am I paying for this abuse or is it extra?"