Hi, On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 01:28:53AM +0100, Thomas Schwinge wrote:
> Let me explain: the idea indeed was to construct a history line, but > in an easily, directly-visible way, which I explain on > <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/rules/source_repositories.html>. Of > course you're correct that all this information is contained in the > Git repository itself, but for getting the big picture > (master-viengoos-on-bare-metal is based on master-viengoos is based on > master) I think the idea is clear... I just don't think that this is really relevant information :-) (Note that my main point was about this not being necessary for merging in Git.) In either case, the "master-" bit is redundant, as all normal branches start there... > I envisioned it to be helpful, especially so in repositories that > contain a number of non-history-sharing branches (like the incubator). That's a very special case. This abuse of the branch concept might indeed justify such kludges... -antrik-
