Re: .git/info/refs

From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Jan 26, 2007, 16:39 UTC
Message-ID: <45BA2ED2.7080807@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vireuxbel.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
> 
>> For heaven's sake, in computer science we can *NEVER* use the same
>> feature for *MORE THAN ONE THING*.  If it doesn't work format-wise
>> that's fine, but "it's only supposed to be used by dumb transports" is
>> ridiculous.
> 
> Hmmmm... I am lost here....
>

Jakub and Johannes seems to have been arguing that "info/refs is for dumb transports, therefore it cannot be used for any other purpose." I find this argument utterly bizarre, since in general, in computer science, you try to be multipurpose whenever practical.

	-hpa