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Re: FEATURE REQUEST: Comment assignment on branches

From
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Mar 16, 2010, 06:20 UTC
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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>> This would seem especially useful for publicly visible branches...
>
> If you mean by "publicly visible" branches in public repositories, I
> suspect not.  At places like repo.or.cz, github, or installations managed
> by gitosis, you typically do not have direct access to $GIT_DIR/config
> files (they belong to site administrators) in your repositories, and that
> is not likely to change for security reasons.
Hm, ok you're right... which is a shame... :(
'cause a "pushable branch description" would be ace!
[I take it git has no "limited remote metadata change" function...?]
-Miles
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Message 11 of 13 in “FEATURE REQUEST: Comment assignment on branches”
  1. Maxim TreskinMar 15, 2010
  2. René ScharfeMar 15, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  4. Mark LodatoMar 16, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 16, 2010
  7. Nicolas SebrechtMar 15, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  9. Miles BaderMar 16, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2010
  11. Miles BaderMar 16, 2010
  12. Sverre RabbelierMar 16, 2010
  13. Matthieu MoyMar 16, 2010

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