Re: remote#branch

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Oct 30, 2007, 20:30 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0710301324390.30120@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <86tzo81hrd.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

> 
> Therefore, I propose that the git docs refrain from calling these things
> "URLs" because they're not, and instead adopt something like "GRL" (git
> resources locator) or whatever.

They're called "GIT URLS" right now. I'd have hoped that was descriptive enough. But maybe not.

I think it's stupid to make up a new name, it's not like it's really ambiguous *or* as if people really think in terms of RFC's.

Let's face it: people talk and use email, even when they don't have a clue about SMTP. And in practice, you'll never see any difference, apart from the obvious extension of using the ssh format and the direct local path thing.

		Linus

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