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From: "Stephen R. van den Berg" <srb@cuci.nl>
Subject: Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:19:00 +0200
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Jeff King wrote:
>On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:34:27AM +0200, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote:
>> - The origin information is no longer cryptographically protected (under
>>   certain circumstances this could be considered an advantage and a
>>   disadvantage at the same time).

>I haven't thought enough about it to decide whether there is a scenario
>where making such a "cherry-picked from" annotation might make use of
>that property.

Being able to subvert the authenticity of git blame by providing fake
origin information is not very appealing.
-- 
Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

"Am I paying for this abuse or is it extra?"