From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:04:20 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] Make grafts versionable
Message-ID: <43823654.2060904@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0511212152110.4611@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

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