From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:26:25 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/5] Implement 'prior' commit object links (and other commit links ideas) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, sean wrote: > On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:08:31 -0700 (PDT) > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > Which is exactly what I told you to do. Just don't make it a git header. > > Well I just don't see how making it a header, or plopping it at the > end of a commit message makes an iota of difference to git, while it > can help porcelain. It can't help porcelain. If we have undefined or bad semantics for it, the only thing it can do is _hurt_ porcelain, because it will cause confusion down the line. Semantics for data objects are _the_ most important part of a SCM. Pretty much any project, in fact. And bad or weakly defined semantics will invariably cause problems later. > But that's exactly the point, it's no different than extending git to be > able to store more than one comment. So why argue for it? Just use the existing comment field. Linus