From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:39:34 GMT
Subject: Re: several quick questions
Message-ID: <7vu0b1pntl.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <87d5hpvc8p.wl%cworth@cworth.org>

Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> writes:

> 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).