Re: several quick questions

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Feb 14, 2006, 22:39 UTC
Message-ID: <7vu0b1pntl.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <87d5hpvc8p.wl%cworth@cworth.org>

Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> writes:

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> You've pointed out that branches are free in terms of what git has to
> do. I'm saying that they're not free for the user who bears the cost
> of inventing a name. And in the case of any commit-while-seeking, it's
> at the time of the commit itself that the user has enough information
> to invent a useful name, not prior to seeking, (when the user is still
> trying to figure things out).

I think this is a very valid point and I am happy to accept a workable proposal (does not have to be a working patch, but a general semantics that covers most of if not all the corner cases).

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