Hi, On Fri, 20 Jul 2018, Stefan Beller wrote: > +cc list > On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 2:29 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ... which means that it does not matter if I have an elaborate rewrite hook > > that constantly updates the reverse mapping or if the reverse mapping is > > made immediately before I push out. You wouldn't even be able to tell any > > difference. > > > > And for that matter, it could even be made on the receiving end by you > > after you fetch from me before you need the reverse map information. I refuse to believe that the suggestion to go back to the equivalent of pencil and paper is sincere. We are developing a state of the art source code management tool here, not some hodge podge project of somebody who is trying to teach themselves C. The current state is that there is no reliable "paper trail" of code contributions. The solution to that is absolutely not to abolish what little of a paper trail we *do* have. The solution is to step up the game and correct that automated record. And I would have expected a lot better from the inventor of the pickaxe options: why care so much about source code "archeology" on the one hand, and then burning the library on the other hand? It just does not make sense. Ciao, Dscho
