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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fmt-merge-msg: use branch.$name.description
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Michael J Gruber wrote:

> config based is so non-distributed, local in nature.

I don't follow.  Wouldn't a protocol change be enough to fix that, by
sharing branch descriptions analagously to how refs themselves are
shared?