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per-ref data storage (was: Storing additional information in commit headers)

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MKmartin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
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[sorry, my previous message was a total reply FAIL]
also sprach martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net> [2011.08.02.2106 +0200]:
> It just seems to me that per-ref storage is a lot further away than
> per-commit storage, and I'd really like to move forward with TopGit…

refs/heads/master is a file, containing its payload in the first line by format definition, right?

I mean: the storage is right there, isn't it?
Of course this opens a whole new can of worms: merging per-ref data.
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  1. martin f krafftAug 1, 2011
  2. Sverre RabbelierAug 1, 2011
  3. martin f krafftAug 1, 2011
  4. Clemens BuchacherAug 1, 2011
  5. martin f krafftAug 1, 2011
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  7. Martin LanghoffAug 1, 2011
  8. martin f krafftAug 1, 2011
  9. Jeff KingAug 1, 2011
  10. martin f krafftAug 1, 2011
  11. Jeff KingAug 2, 2011
  12. martin f krafftAug 2, 2011
  13. working prototype of orphan parent commits as datastores (was: Storing additional information in commit headers)martin f krafft, Aug 2, 2011
  14. Jeff KingAug 2, 2011
  15. martin f krafftAug 2, 2011
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  17. Jeff KingAug 2, 2011
  18. martin f krafftAug 2, 2011
  19. per-ref data storage (was: Storing additional information in commit headers)martin f krafft, Aug 2, 2011
  20. martin f krafftAug 2, 2011
  21. Jeff KingAug 4, 2011
  22. Jeff KingAug 4, 2011
  23. Michael HaggertyAug 2, 2011

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