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Re: extra headers in commit objects

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date
Feb 3, 2010, 18:15 UTC
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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> Am I correct that core C developers are still under the opinion
> that extra headers in a commit object aren't encouraged?
I would say so.
[...]
> At the end of the day, is it a bug that C git doesn't support
> working with extra commit headers?  IMHO, no, because, we've
> rejected these in the past, and its not part of the Git standard.
> And other implementations shouldn't be trying to sell it that way.

Agreed. And this was discussed in great length on this list on few occasions already (probably more than a year back).

Nicolas
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  1. Shawn O. PearceFeb 3, 2010
  2. Nicolas PitreFeb 3, 2010
  3. demerphqFeb 3, 2010
  4. Shawn O. PearceFeb 3, 2010
  5. demerphqFeb 3, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2010
  7. Shawn O. PearceFeb 3, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2010
  9. A Large Angry SCMFeb 4, 2010
  10. Petr BaudisFeb 3, 2010
  11. demerphqFeb 3, 2010
  12. Shawn O. PearceFeb 3, 2010
  13. Nicolas PitreFeb 3, 2010
  14. Sverre RabbelierFeb 3, 2010
  15. Scott ChaconFeb 3, 2010
  16. Shawn O. PearceFeb 3, 2010
  17. Mike HommeyFeb 4, 2010
  18. Jelmer VernooijFeb 3, 2010
  19. Nicolas PitreFeb 3, 2010
  20. Shawn O. PearceFeb 3, 2010

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