Re: [RFC] Second parent for reverts

From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: May 10, 2007, 22:33 UTC
Message-ID: <46a038f90705101533m12957692lea94cce2a416f788@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0705100927340.3986@woody.linux-foundation.org>

On 5/11/07, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Designing your SCM around the notion
> that everybody will use a totally integrated system is a mistake! It's a
> *huge* mistake.

A huge mistake _everyone else_ makes. git is the only scm that works transparently with everything else -- witness the myriad of importers/exporters/gateways we have, all depending on the fact that git tracks content, and does not get distracted with fancy metadata.

cheers

martin

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