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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename ".dotest/" to ".git/rebase" and ".dotest-merge"
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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:10:28 -0700
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Since the files generated and used during a rebase are never to be
> tracked, they should live in $GIT_DIR.  While at it, avoid the rather
> meaningless term "dotest" to "rebase", and unhide ".dotest-merge".

I understand moving away from .dotest/ to .git/something, but I do not
follow the logic of making that something to rebase at all.  It is a
scratch area for "am" (and applymbox), isn't it?