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From: A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] GIT Repository Annotation Convention
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Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi, A Large Angry SCM wrote:
> 
>>Think about a directory containing directories "foo" and "foo.txt":
>>
> Can you tell us why you're using extensions in the first place?
> 
> I propose using no extensions whatsoever: simply mirror the refs/ tree.
> 

The extensions allow the annotation of directories as well as files. 
That's something that can't be done if extensions are not used.