Re: remote#branch

From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Oct 30, 2007, 20:15 UTC
Message-ID: <86tzo81hrd.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0710301232000.30120@woody.linux-foundation.org>

>>>>> "Linus" == Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

Linus> So the only argument really is:

Linus>  - Nobody has pointed to *any* reason to follow 1738.

Linus>  - I have pointed to reasons *not* to do it.

I can support non-compliance with 1738. However, I'd also suggest that outside of this cozy group of developers, URL already has a heavily defined meaning associated with 1738.

Therefore, I propose that the git docs refrain from calling these things "URLs" because they're not, and instead adopt something like "GRL" (git resources locator) or whatever.

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