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Re: [RFC] Make grafts versionable

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HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Nov 21, 2005, 21:04 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> ... by moving the location from .git/info/grafts to .gitgrafts. This 
> allows checking it in like .gitignore, and sure enough also pulling it (as 
> well as knowing who the heck added that particular graft anyway).

This is problematic, because it means something that isn't in GIT_DIR affects its interpretation. I would say that that is a showstopper.

One could even argue that it's incorrect, since it would mean different points on the history have different grafts.

Now, CVS has a reserved namespace (CVSROOT/) for things under version control which are still significant to CVS. The logical equivalent to git would be to have .git/ be such a namespace, if it makes sense.

	-hpa
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  1. Johannes SchindelinNov 21, 2005
  2. H. Peter AnvinNov 21, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsNov 21, 2005
  4. H. Peter AnvinNov 21, 2005
  5. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2005

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