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Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/5] Implement 'prior' commit object links (and other commit links ideas)

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 25, 2006, 19:51 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
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> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> Then we should drop the author header and make it part of free
>> form text.  The core does not give any meaning to it.
>
> Sure it does. It's an integral part of logging: we not only verify the 
> format, we also have multiple different ways of showing it. So it 
> definitely changes the way we "act", very fundamentally.

Unfair ;-). I'd consider "git log" semi-Porcelain and consider rev-list and cat-file the true core level.

But you already made it clear that you are not opposed to 'note' with a clear semantics "we _ignore_ it", the point was moot.

Sorry for the noise.
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Message 51 of 63 in “Implement 'prior' commit object links”
  1. Sam VilainApr 25, 2006
  2. 1/5 add 'prior' link in commit structureSam Vilain, Apr 25, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2006
  4. 2/5 git-merge-base: follow 'prior' links to find merge basesSam Vilain, Apr 25, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2006
  6. 4/5 git-commit-tree: add support for priorSam Vilain, Apr 25, 2006
  7. 5/5 git-commit: add --prior to set prior linkSam Vilain, Apr 25, 2006
  8. 3/5 commit.c: parse 'prior' linkSam Vilain, Apr 25, 2006
  9. Sam VilainApr 25, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2006
  11. Sam VilainApr 25, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2006
  14. [OT] Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/5] Implement 'prior' commit object linksJunio C Hamano, Apr 26, 2006
  15. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2006
  17. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2006
  19. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2006
  20. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2006
  21. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2006
  22. Sam VilainApr 26, 2006
  23. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2006
  25. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  26. seanApr 25, 2006
  27. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  28. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  29. seanApr 25, 2006
  30. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  31. Andreas EricssonApr 26, 2006
  32. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2006
  33. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  34. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  35. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  36. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  37. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  38. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  39. seanApr 25, 2006
  40. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  41. seanApr 25, 2006
  42. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  43. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  44. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  45. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  46. Jason RiedyApr 25, 2006
  47. seanApr 25, 2006
  48. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  49. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2006
  50. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  51. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2006
  52. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  53. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2006
  54. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2006
  55. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  56. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  57. Sam VilainApr 25, 2006
  58. Linus TorvaldsApr 25, 2006
  59. seanApr 25, 2006
  60. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  61. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2006
  62. Jakub NarebskiApr 25, 2006
  63. Jakub NarebskiApr 29, 2006

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