Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> >> Then we should drop the author header and make it part of free >> form text. The core does not give any meaning to it. > > Sure it does. It's an integral part of logging: we not only verify the > format, we also have multiple different ways of showing it. So it > definitely changes the way we "act", very fundamentally. Unfair ;-). I'd consider "git log" semi-Porcelain and consider rev-list and cat-file the true core level. But you already made it clear that you are not opposed to 'note' with a clear semantics "we _ignore_ it", the point was moot. Sorry for the noise. - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html