Nico Williams <nico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > ... >> This seems pretty close to what we have with signed tags. When I send >> a pull request to Linus, I create a signed tag which createscontains a >> message about a set of commits, and this message is automatically >> included in the pull request message generated with "git >> request-pull", and when Linus merges my pull request, the >> cryptographically signed tag, along with the message, date of the >> signature, etc., is preserved for all posterity. > > Thanks for pointing this out. Signed tags are objects -- that's a > clear and strong precedent.. Sounds as if you are interpreting what Ted said as a supporting argument for having branches as separate type of objects, but the way I read it was "signed tags are sufficient for what you want to do; adding a new "branch" type does not make much sense at this point". -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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