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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFD] Add repoid identifier to commit
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 19:41:03 -0500
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On Wednesday 11 May 2005 18:38, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 16:14 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > I would like to suggest a few limiters are set on the repoid. =C2=A0=
In=20
> > particular, I'd like to suggest that a repoid is a UUID, that a fil=
e is=20
> > used to track it (.git/repoid), and that if it doesn't exist, a new=
 one=20
> > is created from /dev/urandom.
>=20
> Which is complety error prone due to rsync. Some of the repositories =
on
> kernel.org keep identical copies of .git/description already. Why sho=
uld
> they preserve an unique .git/repoid ?

I think that an unique repoid should be created automatically every tim=
e
you clone. It is ok for it to go away when you discard a tree, it will =
just
identify a line (set) of changes originating from some place.

--=20
Dmitry