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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/5] Implement 'prior' commit object links (and other commit links ideas)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:41:00 +0200
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Linus Torvalds wrote:

> So why argue for it?
> 
> Just use the existing comment field.

For the same reason there exist X-* _header_ fields in email.

Additionally, in "related" links we require that object exist (core git),
regardless of detailed semantics.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland