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Re: [RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branch

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 8, 2006, 22:15 UTC
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Hi,
On Sat, 8 Jul 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> moreau francis wrote:
> 
> > Hi GIT folks.
> > 
> > I'm a complete newbie on git development so excuse me if
> > this idea is completely stupid.
> > 
> > Would it be possible to let the user stick a short explanation
> > on  what a branch is supposed to implement during its creation.
> 
> It would be possible when/if branch and remotes config would migrate
> to .git/config. Currently too many I think relies on refs/heads being
> simple sha1 of "top" commit.

But it does not need a change of existing practice at all! Just add the information provided by --topic as branch."pathname".description to the config. And make format-patch aware of that.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. moreau francisJul 8, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiJul 8, 2006
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 8, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiJul 9, 2006
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2006
  6. Marco CostalbaJul 9, 2006
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisJul 9, 2006
  9. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2006
  10. Pavel RoskinJul 9, 2006
  11. Re : [RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branchmoreau francis, Jul 9, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2006

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