RE: git branch descriptions

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Michael J Gruber wrote:

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> > Your request is a reasonable one, and it has come up a few times in
> > different forms over the years:
> >
> >  . per-branch descriptions in .git/description[1]
> >  . per-branch descriptions in .git/config[2][3]
> >  . README branch whose files describe the branches[4]
> >
> > Number [2] is my preferred choice (and comes with code!), for what
> > it’s worth.
> >
> > That doesn’t address the problem of how to _share_ branch
> > descriptions.  That could be dealt with by extending the wire protocol
> > as in [1], I think.  Just sharing a list of branch descriptions is a
> > bad idea imho, since related repositories need to be able to name
> > their branches independently to avoid painful coordination problems.
> 
> I have a mostly working idea (working when done "manually") on how to
> use notes for that. As we, know, we can share notes without overriding
> our own notes (and improving the merge/combine facilities would benefit
> all note users). I'll try to come up with a proof-of-concept patch, but
> probably not before next week.

Sounds awesome! If I can help test in anyway please let me know.

jr
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