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

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sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
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Apr 25, 2006, 17:52 UTC
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On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:11:13 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:

> Once you start adding data that has no clear semantics, you're screwed. At 
> that point, it's a "track guesses" game, not a "track contents" game.

Then shouldn't Git stop tracking commit comments; they're just developer guesses. ;o) Adding a free-form header is no different than adding a few more lines of free form text at the bottom of the commit message, in neither case does it change the nice clean git semantics.

Sean
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Message 39 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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