Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/5] Implement 'prior' commit object links (and other commit links ideas)

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> 
> Erm, further on we did agree 

Hell no "we" didn't.

Since I totally refuse to touch anything like that.

I even told you exactly why, for things like the suggested "cherry-pick" 
thing.

Which still remains the "best" example. And I say "best", because as an 
example it totally sucks. Again, for reasons I made very clear.

The fact is, there is _zero_ reason for this field to exist. Nobody has 
actually mentioned a single use that is really valid and that people can 
agree on across different uses.

So here's the challenge: name _one_ thing that people actually can agree 
on, and that adds real measurable _value_ from a core git standpoint. 
Something where the semantics actually change what git does.

The "track it with pull/push" thing is NOT one such thing, however much 
you protest. We already _have_ that thing. It's called a "ref", and it's 
really really easy to create anywhere in .git/refs/, and the tools already 
know how to use it.

		Linus