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Re: Git Notes idea.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 17, 2008, 19:20 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> ...  But the main point 
> still stands: you go from commit to note, not from note to commit.  And 
> this is in stark contrast to tags, where you go from tag to commit, _not_ 
> from commit to tag.
>
> That is a fundamental _difference_ between tags and notes, so that I 
> refuse to accept the notion of notes being a generalized form of tags.
Hmm, how would you explain things like "git describe" (and "name-rev")?
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Message 34 of 41 in “Git Notes idea.”
  1. Govind SalinasDec 16, 2008
  2. Jeff KingDec 16, 2008
  3. Jeff KingDec 16, 2008
  4. Govind SalinasDec 16, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinDec 16, 2008
  6. Jeff KingDec 17, 2008
  7. Petr BaudisDec 17, 2008
  8. Jeff KingDec 17, 2008
  9. Govind SalinasDec 17, 2008
  10. Jeff KingDec 18, 2008
  11. rebasing commits that have notes, was Re: Git Notes idea.Johannes Schindelin, Dec 17, 2008
  12. Johan HerlandDec 17, 2008
  13. Stephan BeyerDec 17, 2008
  14. 0/4 Notes reloadedJohannes Schindelin, Dec 19, 2008
  15. 1/4 Introduce commit notesJohannes Schindelin, Dec 19, 2008
  16. Jeff KingDec 20, 2008
  17. Robin RosenbergDec 20, 2008
  18. Jeff KingDec 20, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2008
  20. Jeff KingDec 20, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2008
  22. 0/4 Notes, reloadedJohannes Schindelin, Dec 20, 2008
  23. 1/4 Introduce commit notesJohannes Schindelin, Dec 20, 2008
  24. 2/4 Add a script to edit/inspect notesJohannes Schindelin, Dec 20, 2008
  25. 3/4 Speed up git notes lookupJohannes Schindelin, Dec 20, 2008
  26. 4/4 Add an expensive test for git-notesJohannes Schindelin, Dec 20, 2008
  27. 2/4 Add a script to edit/inspect notesJohannes Schindelin, Dec 19, 2008
  28. 3/4 Speed up git notes lookupJohannes Schindelin, Dec 19, 2008
  29. 4/4 Add an expensive test for git-notesJohannes Schindelin, Dec 19, 2008
  30. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 19, 2008
  31. Johannes SchindelinDec 20, 2008
  32. Jeff KingDec 17, 2008
  33. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2008
  35. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2008
  36. Govind SalinasDec 19, 2008
  37. Govind SalinasDec 19, 2008
  38. Govind SalinasDec 19, 2008
  39. Jeff KingDec 19, 2008
  40. Govind SalinasDec 19, 2008
  41. Jeff KingDec 20, 2008

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