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"Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> It is still a reference, really. Besides, if it is not under refs/, we'd
> have to change fetch/push to allow distribution of the notes/annotations
> (there are special assumptions regarding reference names starting
> with "refs/"). Right now it just works.

Two issues.

One is that it is unclear is how the reachability rules should
be.  Should an ??/?{38} entry in the refs/annotations/commits
protects the commit the entry talks about (i.e. ???{38}) from
getting pruned?

Another is how different kinds of annotations on the same commit
should be managed.  Should different commits and their histories
pointed at by refs/annotations/{frotz,xyzzy,...} be used for
that?  Or perhaps we should make ??/?{38} a tree that has
multiple files underneath it?