From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Arnaud Bertrand <xda@abalgo.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Feature request: add a metadata in the commit: the "commited in branch" information
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 15:17:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqd0c6iuw0.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEW0o+jV+r1UMZReRXa3g_fyqCYxHTVYVf6pWvjB7_isofbBaw@mail.gmail.com> (Arnaud Bertrand's message of "Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:56:41 +0100")
Arnaud Bertrand <xda@abalgo.com> writes:
> I understood that in git philosophy, once it is merged, a branch can
> disappear. But for a lot of companies, a SCM is also a guardian of the
> history.
A lot more important point than "once it is merged" is that the
branch identity is strictly local to your repository. Contaminating
the object header, which is cast in stone and cannot be modified
after the fact, with such a piece of information will not mix well
with the rest of Git, so ...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-12-29 23:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-12-23 12:56 Feature request: add a metadata in the commit: the "commited in branch" information Arnaud Bertrand
2019-12-29 23:17 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2019-12-29 23:53 ` Arnaud Bertrand
2019-12-30 4:15 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-12-30 11:59 ` Arnaud Bertrand
2019-12-30 15:15 ` Paul Smith
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