Re: extra headers in commit objects

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:

> We all know that some other systems, e.g. SVN, permit adding
> additional properties to commits, and that often these are used
> to make statements like "Fixed bug NNNN", and bug tracking systems
> integrate into SVN by reading or updating those properties.
>
> So you, Nico, myself, might all agree that "bug" does not belong
> in the header, but many others see it like SVN sees additional
> properties on a revision, and thus it goes there.
>
> Hence the artifical example.  It seems that it is not that artifical
> outside of our mailing list.

Aren't the meta-properties like "Fixed bug NNNN" something you can add
after the fact, even in SVN?

We have that in "notes".  I never said people are wrong for wanting to
record additional information _about_ commits somewhere (and I didn't say
"artificial" at all---it was you who said it was a "made-up" example).

My point was that they do not belong to the commit _header_, and "but many
others see" doesn't contradict with that.  Many others may feel the need
to be able to express random things _about_ the commit; it does not mean
these random things have to go _in_ the commit.