Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/7] Rework git core for native submodules

From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 7, 2013, 19:26 UTC
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This reminds me of the commit generation numbers thread.

"But how can we determine ancestry?" "Use the commit timestamp." "But what if there are clock skews?" "Put in a slop."

It breaks existing stuff, and it's hard to show any end-user benefit. I fear this proposal will meet with the same fate.

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