Re: [RFC] just an (stupid) idea when creating a new branch

From: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 9, 2006, 06:54 UTC
Message-ID: <e5bfff550607082354g62e99216gc72b07055762de3a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <e8p8pj$jk3$2@sea.gmane.org>

On 7/8/06, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:

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> moreau francis wrote:
>
> > Hi GIT folks.
> >
> > I'm a complete newbie on git development so excuse me if
> > this idea is completely stupid.
> >
> > Would it be possible to let the user stick a short explanation
> > on  what a branch is supposed to implement during its creation.
>
> It would be possible when/if branch and remotes config would migrate
> to .git/config. Currently too many I think relies on refs/heads being
> simple sha1 of "top" commit.
>

It is possible to add a message (and more) to a tag creating a tag object. FWIK this is not allowed for the other refs.

Why there is this (artifical?) difference between tags and the other kind of refs?

   Marco