From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:16:36 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] fmt-merge-msg: use branch.$name.description Message-ID: <20111007091636.GA22822@elie.hsd1.il.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4E8EBDA7.2040007@drmicha.warpmail.net> Michael J Gruber wrote: > config based is so non-distributed, local in nature. I don't follow. Wouldn't a protocol change be enough to fix that, by sharing branch descriptions analagously to how refs themselves are shared?