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Re: [PATCH] Remove hash in git-describe in favor of util slot.

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jan 15, 2007, 05:08 UTC
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<7vvej8ev11.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
> Currently we don't use the util field of struct commit but we want
> fast access to the highest priority name that references any given
> commit object during our matching loop.  A really simple approach
> is to just store the name directly in the util field.
That's the right thing to do, I would agree.
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  1. Remove hash in git-describe in favor of util slot.Shawn O. Pearce, Jan 15, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2007

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