From: Linus Torvalds Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:30:39 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20080910054244.GB15715@cuci.nl> On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote: > > But then how would someone who clones the repository get at the information? You just said it wouldn't get there with fetches. If clone acts differently from a "full" fetch, something is really really wrong. > The information is essential to understand backports between the various > stable branches. No it's not. You can mention the backport explicitly in the commit message, and then you get hyperlinks in the graphical viewers. That works when people _want_ it to work, instead of in some hidden automatic manner that does entirely the wrong thing in all the common cases. What more do you want? Linus