Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add keyword unexpansion support to convert.c

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Apr 17, 2007, 18:23 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704171121090.5473@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <46250175.4020300@dawes.za.net>

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Rogan Dawes wrote:

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> Well, if the only keyword we support is $BlobId:$, then if the tree/object
> hasn't changed, then we still don't need to touch the object.
> 
> Not so?

Correct. However, is that actually a useful expansion?

Most of the time, I'd expect people to want things like "last committer, time, story of their life" etc.. I don't think the SHA1 ID's are pretty enough that anybody would ever want to see them. But yes, they are certainly stable.

			Linus

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