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Re: [PATCH] fmt-merge-msg: use branch.$name.description

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 7, 2011, 19:50 UTC
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Michael J Gruber wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder venit, vidit, dixit 07.10.2011 12:06:
>> [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/181953/focus=182000
>
> Funny to point me at a thread I participated in, when I'm saying this
> thread should have continued there ;)

Ah, sorry, I wasn't trying to initiate a debate. I provided the pointer to save time for others who haven't looked up the thread you were referring to yet.

I am surprised that you seem to have missed what I meant by "branch names are local". I meant that what I call "master" is likely to be very different from what you call "master". Yes, we share commits and fetch them from each other, and I might even _decide_ that what I call "master" will be similar to what you call "master". Luckily, in practice people don't seem to feel constrained to decide so, and there are many workflows where my "master" is not your "master" and does not even contain commits that would be acceptable for your "master".

This matters, a lot, because there is no easy way to partition a namespace of names descriptive for humans without a central authority to negotiate conflicts.

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  1. fmt-merge-msg: use branch.$name.descriptionJunio C Hamano, Oct 7, 2011
  2. Michael J GruberOct 7, 2011
  3. Jonathan NiederOct 7, 2011
  4. Michael J GruberOct 7, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederOct 7, 2011
  6. Michael J GruberOct 7, 2011
  7. Jonathan NiederOct 7, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2011
  9. Michael J GruberOct 7, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederOct 7, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2011
  12. Jakub NarebskiOct 8, 2011

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